your distinguished self in Mandarin

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

Will your distinguished self be making an appearance in the council-chamber (阁) today? Or will someone under (下) you be attending?

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

• 阁
• 下

• 下班
• 一下
• 下来
• 楼下
• 下巴
• 阁下
• 下手
• 倒下
• 地下
• 下面
• 下午
• 之下
• 下降
• 剩下
• 停下
• 下次

The reading of 阁下 is gé xià.

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

Get (gé) lost and shut (xià) up, of course, someone under me will be attending, not myself!

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 your distinguished self 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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