Mammoth Memory

cinema – dee-en ying you-an

Written as diàn ­yĭng yuàn or dian ying yuan

To remember that cinema is pronounced dee-en ying you-an (dian ying yuan) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

At the cinema, the deer was saying "you are annoying (dee-en ying you-en) me with your noisy sweets."

At the cinema, the deer was saying "you are annoying (dee-en ying you-en) me with your noisy sweets."

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