Pinyin final: "(e)n3"

The Pinyin final "(e)n3" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "(e)n3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)n3

In the encampment's living room.

Characters with (e)n3

丨
gǔn = gu + (e)n3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
本
běn = b + (e)n3
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub finds a Christmas tree in the encampment and feels like eating its roots. He uses a flute to chop the roots right off.
艮
gěn = g + (e)n3
blunt / tough / chewy
艮 = 日 + 长 : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
艮 = 日 + 长 : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.
很
hěn = h + (e)n3
(adverb of degree) / quite / very / awfully
很 = 彳 + 艮 : Hamlet feels awfully cool in the encampment, wearing black sneakers and blowing chewing gum bubbles. He is so very 90s.
准
zhǔn = zhu + (e)n3
to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of
准 = 冫 + 隹 : Julian Giant Squid is just about to eat a popsicle inside of the encampment, but in the last moment a sparrow snatches the popsicle away and shouts that it is forbidden to eat inside of the encampment.
准
準
zhǔn = zhu + (e)n3
accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para-
准 = 冫 + 隹 : Julian Giant Squid is just about to eat a popsicle inside of the encampment, but in the last moment a sparrow snatches the popsicle away and shouts that it is forbidden to eat inside of the encampment.
怎
zěn = z + (e)n3
how
怎 = 乍 + 心 : Zorro wakes up in the encampment and can't remember how he even got there. Slowly, as he touches his head, he realizes that he has a Mohawk haircut now and almost gets a heart attack. His heart is pumping so hard as if it wanted to jump out of his chest. How on earth could this have happened???
听
yǐn = y + (e)n3
smile (archaic)
廴
yǐn = y + (e)n3
"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc
Mnemonic symbol: a "go" game board.
皿
mǐn = mi + (e)n3
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108
皿
mǐn = mi + (e)n3
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108
Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.
品
pǐn = pi + (e)n3
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)
品 = 口 : Pocahontas (pi) is watching a pyramid of oranges (mnemonic symbol for 品) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). She wants to sample (品) one, and just as she takes one from the base, the whole commodity (品) collapses.
尹
yǐn = y + (e)n3
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)
尹 = 丿 + 彐 : Mnemonic symbol: a system administrator.

Maud Younger hired a system administrator to care for her servers in the encampment. His pay is a banana per day, which Maud puts into a fake pig snout which acts as a kind of banana holder.
尹
yǐn = y + (e)n3
surname Yin
允
yǔn = yu + (e)n3
just / fair / to permit / to allow
允 = 儿 + 厶 : Sun Wukong (儿) has a runny nose (mnemonic symbol for 允) and is constantly blowing his nose in the encampment ((e)n3). Yu the Great (yu) is very annoyed and tells him that it is not allowed (允) to blow one's nose in the encampment. Instead she hands him a fake nose (厶) with which he is to hide his real nose.
仅
僅
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
barely / only / merely
仅 = 亻 + 又 : Joan of Arc and Rosa Luxemburg are fighting a boxing match in the Forbidden city. There are barely / merely / only a few seconds of the last round left.
尽
儘
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to
紧
緊
jǐn = ji + (e)n3
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
紧 = 収 + 糸 : In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.
引
yǐn = y + (e)n3
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
引 = 丨 + 弓 : In the encampment, Maud Younger draws her composite bow. She wants to shoot a dinosaur bone straight across the hall.
稳
穩
wěn = w + (e)n3
settled / steady / stable
稳 = 急 + 禾 : Willy Walrus (w) urgently (急) has to go to the bathroom, but his task is to guard the royal cereals (禾) in the encampment ((e)n3) so he stays steadily (稳) where he is.