brown – zong-ser

Written as zōngsè or zongse

To remember that brown is pronounced zong-ser (zongse) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

The brown bear was singing a song while surf (zong-ser) boarding.

Note: To clearly distinguish that we are dealing with the word "brown" we have enhanced the picture above by connecting the word "brown" with something mostly associated with brown i.e. a  "brown bear".