Pinyin final: "(e)ng3"

The Pinyin final "(e)ng3" 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)ng3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)ng3

In the engine's living room.

Characters with (e)ng3

forever / always / perpetual

= + : Mnemonic symbol: as the advertisements tell us, diamonds are forever. I'll represent 永 with a diamond ring.

= + : Yu the Great just got the most romantic proposal ever! In engine, somebody prepared a water fountain and had a diamond ring floating on a petal leaf float over to her. Unfortunately Yu the Great doesn't know who the ring is from, as her lover drowned in the water fountain earlier that day.
a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc is digging a well inside engine. At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor to a banana and a dinosaur bone, which dig for her using the electrical energy.
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

= + : Inside of the engine, Don Quixote is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine. He brought a bamboo stick as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time.
hands joined

= 丿 + + : Handcuffs. Gitta Giraffe is sitting inside of the engine, her hands tied up with handcuffs. There's a flute as horizontal bar, and attached to either side are a banana and a dinosaur bone, so that she cannot slide off the chain.
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl

= + + : A bronze medal. Brunhilde and Neanderthal Man took part in a scavenger hunt competition and won the third price. They are still holding the map with which they found a flute inside engine as they receive their reward, a bronze medal.
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request

= + : The Queen of Hearts set up a fountain of youth right in the middle of the engine. She invites everyone to take a sip and even set up an advertising column to motivate the visitors to come and try it.
classifier for a ream of paper
cold

= + : Inside of the engine, Sir Lancelot kind of misuses the superpower the emperor gave him. He shows everyone his 令牌 and tells them that it is his task to collect all really nice and cool popsicles so that he can cool down a bit.
surname Leng

= + : Inside of the engine, Sir Lancelot kind of misuses the superpower the emperor gave him. He shows everyone his 令牌 and tells them that it is his task to collect all really nice and cool popsicles so that he can cool down a bit.
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight

= + : Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".

Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
surname Jing

= + : Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".

Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

= + : Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.
velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family / bright

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a very unhappy-looking velvetleaf plant.

= + + : Inside of the engine, Zeus is looking for the velvetleaf plant. He even has a map where it should be, but he can't find a single one. Frustrated he sits down on these funny round black stones, eats a mandarin and studies the map again. He doesn't realize that the black rocks are eight-balls, and that they have crushed the unhappy velvetleaf plants.
to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.
to inspect / to examine / to be aware / to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
path screened by walls on both sides

= + : Inside of the engine, Yu the Great wanted to learn how to box. She made the right choice to wear boxing gloves, but as she had no punchbag she used a 甬钟. Like a boss she entered the ring through a path screened by walls on both sides. Unfortunately after her first punch she already had to use the first aid kit, because the bell was way too hard.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The path screened by walls to both sides could be the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng. In his grave, a massive set of 64 bianzhong bells was found, of which 45 were 甬钟 bells. Thus, I'm going to represent 甬 by one of these yongzhong bells.
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
surname Dong

= + : Doggy Dog (du) supervises (董) the space elevator (重) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). Currently it is transporting artificial lawn (艹) and antiques (古董) to the space station.