birthday in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 生日 with this easy mnemonic:

Today is my birthday! Mother Nature celebrates my birth (生) by blessing me with sunny (日) weather every year on my birthday.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 日
• 生

• 卫生
• 生命
• 日子
• 女生
• 医生
• 出生
• 生病
• 先生
• 生物
• 男生
• 生活
• 陌生人
• 学生
• 日期
• 生涯
• 发生

The reading of 生日 is shēng rì.

You can remember how to say 生日 with this useful mnemonic:

I shouldn't forget to thank my parents for putting up with my shenanigans (shēng). I have to remember (rì) to call them later!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like birthday and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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