How to Learn Chinese Numbers Quickly Using Wild Association

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Use the above picture to help you remember the pronunciations and Chinese characters for the numbers 0-9.;

   4 四 four is 四.
   
   Force yourself to pronounce the ce part harder and remember that it looks like a window with curtains. 5 五 sounds like "woo"
   
   三 + 二 (with the direction changed) = 五. 6 六 is a happy dancing boy named Leo and Leo is six. 7 七 sounds like first part of cheese.
   
   Write 7 upside down. 8 八 looks like papa's mustache and papa likes going to the bar. 9 九 is Joe, a drunk person kneeling down on the ground. 0 〇/零 sounds like first part of link, linking zeroes together. , Practice the above wild associations to help you learn how to say and write the Chinese numbers.,
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   Step 2: Use the following visualizations to further entrench your memorization: 1 一 is so Easy and sounds like E. 2 二 sounds like R. 3 三 sounds like the first part of sandwich and looks like one.

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   Step 3: Reinforce your understanding.

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   Step 4: Use pinyin to help improve your pronunciation.The pinyin transliterations of the numbers are listed below: 一 is pronounced as "yī" 二 is pronounced as "èr" 三 is pronounced as "sān" 四 is pronounced as "sì" 五 is pronounced as "wǔ" 六 is pronounced as "lìu" 七 is pronounced as "qī" 八 is pronounced as "bā" 九 is pronounced as "jiǔ" 〇/零 is pronounced as "líng"

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