bicycle – zur-shing-chuh

Written as zìxingchē or zixingche

To remember that bicycle is pronounced zur-shing-chuh (zixingche) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

Riding around on my bicycle, I was searching for the church (zur-shing-chur).

Tones

1. Zur (searching) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.

Associate searching, a 4th tone, with lowering things like trip or slide down. See Tones and Mnemonics.

He fell down the well while searching for his keys.

2. Chur (church) is a 1st tone with — as an accent.

Associate church, a 1st tone, with a string or tie or tying a knot. See Tones and Mnemonics.

The church had string wrapped around it.

Remember

Zur = 4th tone = \

Chur = 1st tone = —