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Tuesday – shing-chee-ar

Written as xīngqī'èr or xingqier

Note: Tuesday in Mandarin Chinese starts with "day of the week" which we already know is shing-chee (xingqi).

Tuesday is shing-chee-ar (xingqier).

To remember that the end of the word for Tuesday is pronounced ar (er) use the following mnemonic:

I wish you wouldn't chew (Tuesday) the artwork (ar). 

I wish you wouldn't chew (Tuesday) the artwork (ar). 

 

Tones

Ar (artwork) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.

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

Imagine someone throwing famous artwork down a slide

Imagine someone throwing famous artwork down a slide.

Remember 

Ar = 4th tone = \

 

Examples of xingqier (Tuesday) in sentences:

Xia xingpier jiangyao kaixue - School will begin next Tuesday.

Xia xingqier hui bu hui tai chile - Will next Tuesday be too late?

Wo xingqier hui qu nali - I'll be there on Tuesday.

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