tomorrow – ming-tee-en

Written as míngtiān or mingtian

To remember that tomorrow is pronounced ming-tee-en (mingtian) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

Tomorrow everyone's coming over for tea, but I don't have enough (ming-tee-en) food.

Tones

1. Ming (coming) is a 2nd tone with ⁄ as an accent.

Associate coming, a 2nd tone, with a balloon filled with helium or anything that goes up. See Tones and Mnemonics.

She was terrified of coming up the rickety ladder.

2. En (enough) is a 1st tone with — as an accent.

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

He didn't have enough string to string his bow.

Remember

Ming = 2nd tone = /

En = 1st tone = —