You searched for mnemonics | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/ A better way of learning Mandarin Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:44:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hackingchinese.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-square-stamp-1000-32x32.png You searched for mnemonics | Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/ 32 32 Remembering is a skill you can learn: Mnemonics for Chinese learners https://www.hackingchinese.com/remembering-is-a-skill-you-can-learn/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/remembering-is-a-skill-you-can-learn/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:06 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=3236 Remembering is not a fixed, innate ability; it's a skill you can learn. In fact, there are many proven and easy ways to improve your memory!

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/remembering-is-a-skill-you-can-learn/feed/ 39 Chinese characters and words that refuse to stick: Killing leeches https://www.hackingchinese.com/killing-leeches/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/killing-leeches/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:40:13 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=372 How long does it take to learn a Chinese character or word? It varies, but some vocabulary just refuses to stick, no matter what you do. These are called leeches, and if you don't deal with them, they'll suck you dry.

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/killing-leeches/feed/ 14 Cultivate your Chinese flashcard garden… or burn it down and start afresh https://www.hackingchinese.com/cultivate-your-chinese-flashcard-garden-or-burn-it-down-and-start-afresh/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/cultivate-your-chinese-flashcard-garden-or-burn-it-down-and-start-afresh/#respond Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:33:13 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=20831 Flashcards are powerful, but what if your deck feels more like an overgrown thicket than a carefully cultivated garden? Do you clear away the weeds and bring it back under control, or burn it all down and start afresh?

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/cultivate-your-chinese-flashcard-garden-or-burn-it-down-and-start-afresh/feed/ 0 Hacking Chinese: the Dragon Collection https://www.hackingchinese.com/dragon/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 05:52:36 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?page_id=20842 This page contains a list of all articles in Hacking Chinese: the Dragon Collection for ease of reference, clickable links and access to podcast episodes. Best of Hacking Chinese 2024 8 great ways to scaffold your Chinese listening and reading Listen more and learn more by building a personal Chinese audio library The Hacking Chinese […]

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]]> Same building blocks, different characters: How component placement changes meaning in Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-characters-components-different-meanings/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-characters-components-different-meanings/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:08:37 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=7999 Chinese character components are usually placed in predictable ways. If you remember the components, you can often write the character. But not always. Some characters share components but differ only in how they're arranged.

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-characters-components-different-meanings/feed/ 10 16 myths about learning Chinese that are holding you back https://www.hackingchinese.com/myths-about-learning-chinese-that-are-holding-you-back/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/myths-about-learning-chinese-that-are-holding-you-back/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:40:08 +0000 https://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=17393 Believing the wrong things about learning Chinese can waste time and lead you astray. Let's explore 16 myths that might be holding you back!

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/myths-about-learning-chinese-that-are-holding-you-back/feed/ 0 Will Hacking Chinese help you learn Mandarin? https://www.hackingchinese.com/will-reading-hacking-chinese-help-you-learn-mandarin/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/will-reading-hacking-chinese-help-you-learn-mandarin/#respond Tue, 20 May 2025 08:28:19 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=9376 Is it worth spending time learning how to learn Chinese, or should you focus all your effort on engaging with the language more directly? The answer is that it depends, but the longer your time frame, the more important it becomes to tweak your method.

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/will-reading-hacking-chinese-help-you-learn-mandarin/feed/ 0 7 kinds of tone problems in Mandarin and what to do about them https://www.hackingchinese.com/7-kinds-tone-problems/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/7-kinds-tone-problems/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=8725 Tones in Mandarin are tricky, and students face many different kinds of problems. Identifying the type of problem is important for fixing it.

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]]> https://www.hackingchinese.com/7-kinds-tone-problems/feed/ 8 How to use mnemonics to learn Mandarin tones and pronunciation https://www.hackingchinese.com/extending-mnemonics-inspiration-and-insights/ https://www.hackingchinese.com/extending-mnemonics-inspiration-and-insights/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2025 23:40:14 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2874 Memory is a skill that can be practised, learnt, and mastered. By using the right method, remembering even abstract things like tones and pronunciation in Mandarin becomes possible, even easy!

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