restaurant – fan-dee-en

Written as fàn diàn or fan dian

To remember that restaurant is pronounced fan-dee-en (fan dian) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

The restaurant was covered in beautiful hand held fans, but it was in the deep-end (fan-dee-en) of the local swimming pool.

Tones

1.Fan (fan) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.

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

She pushed a fan down the slide.

2 . dee-en (deep end) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.

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

He tripped and fell in the deep end of the pool.

Remember

Fan = 4th tone = \

Dee-en = 4th tone = \