soup – tuhng

Written as tāng or tang

To remember that soup is pronounced tuhng (tang) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

The soup was so hot that it burnt my tongue (tuhng).

Tones

Tuhng (tongue) is a 1st tone with — as an accent.

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

The string was wrapped around my tongue.

Remember

Tuhng = 1st  tone =  —