living room – kur-ting

Written as kètīng or keting

To remember that living room is pronounced kur-ting (keting) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

The living room had very strange curtain rings (ker-ting).

Tones

1. Kur (curtains) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.

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

He slid down the curtains.

Ting (ring) is a 1st tone with — as an accent.

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

Her ear rings were made of string.

Remember

Kur = 4th tone = \

Ting = 1st tone = —