although in Mandarin

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

Although (虽) I do think your mother is being crazy, she does have a point. However (然) grown up you may be, you will always be her baby.

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

• 虽
• 然

• 偶然
• 居然
• 仍然
• 依然
• 突然
• 不然
• 自然
• 果然
• 竟然
• 既然
• 然而
• 当然
• 虽然
• 然后
• 要不然
• 显然

The reading of 虽然 is suī rán.

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

What kind of mother leaves their child in the sewage (suī) and runs (rán) off as punishment for the child's misbehavior? She IS crazy!

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 although 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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