feet/foot – chee-ow

Written as jiăo or jiao

To remember that feet/foot is pronounced chee-ow (jiao) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

"If your feet smell of cheese, you're not allowed (chee-ow) in the house".

Tones

Ow (allowed) is a 3rd tone with ∪ as an accent.

Associate allowed, a 3rd tone, with a horse shoe or horse or smile. See Tones and Mnemonics.

No smiles allowed!

Remember

Ow  = 3rd tone = ∪