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Overview - Memory Techniques
There are always those words that we have a tough time remembering. If you could get help, like a good acronym or trick to remember them, you could learn faster. WordBuddy does just that.
- WordBuddy gives you the tools to discover new tricks. Words can be broken down into components/radicals. They can also build up into larger words and phrases. Looking at a word from both perspectives gives insite on a word's meaning and how to remember it.
- Everybody comes up with different ways of learning words. By using WordBuddy, you can see the hints and examples that other members use to learn a word. These ideas may be able to assist you too. In turn, by using WordBuddy to study, you are helping everybody else as well.
Some examples from our users:
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Chinese-Simplified
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| 但 (dan4): | but, only | |
| "This character looks like a simple house with <only> one window."
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| 书 (shu1): | the book | |
| "The librarian will 'shoot' you if the <book> is not returned on time."
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| 东西 (dong1xi): | the things, goods, possessions | |
| "In old times, a 'donkey' was one of a person's most basic posessions."
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| 做饭 (zuo4fan4): | to cook, prepare food | |
| "<to cook rice>, first you must 'saw' the rice off of the plant stem."
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| ~fan3: | reverse, opposite | |
| "An electric 'fan' can go forward or <reverse>."
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| 假装 (jia3zhuang1): | to pretend, to fake | |
| "Many disfunctional homes <pretend> their home('jia1') is strong(zhuang4)."
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| 中 (zhong1): | middle | |
| "An arrow hitting the bull's eye right in the <center>."
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| 借 (jiè): | borrow, lend | |
| "the loan sharks operated on a small side street(jie4)"
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Spanish
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| fruncir: | to ruffle, pucker | |
| "The word "frunc" would make me <ruffle> my brow."
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| el postre: | the dessert (sweet) | |
| "<Desert> comes after("post") the rest of dinner."
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