Pinyin final: "ao2"

The Pinyin final "ao2" 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 "ao2" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao2

In the aorta's kitchen.

Characters with ao2

spoon / ladle / CL:把[ba3] / abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: as 勺 should not be confused with 匕 (ladle), the mnemonic symbol for 勺 is a small silver spoon.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) feeds an elephant (勹) medicine in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). The medicine looks like a petal leaf (丶), and Sherlock Holmes uses a small silver spoon (勺) to feed it to the elephant.
roar / cry / CL:個|个[ge4]
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

= + : In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

= + : Mother Teresa helps to clear a sewage pipe just inside the aorta's kitchen. With a bungee cord, she fishes a heap of high heels out of the sewage pipe.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bungee cord.
surname Mao
hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

= 丿 + + : Mahatma Gandhi finally found a way to get some hair again: Just inside the aorta's kitchen, he used a shovel to dig up several Cartesian coordinate systems. He rejoices, because finally his dream of being a punk once again can finally come true.

= 丿 + + : Mahatma Gandhi finally found a way to get some hair again: Just inside the aorta's kitchen, he used a shovel to dig up several bananas. Using a charged capacitor, he fuses them to his head.
sprout

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to grow some sprouts (苗) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She already set up a field (田) and for frost protection, she put a few sheets of artificial lawn (艹) on the field with the young sprouts. The sprouts are peeping out the gaps between the sheets.
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to calm down and reconcile (调) all the people in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To this end she climbs on an advertising column (讠) and dances with a hula hoop (周).
abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the pilgrim.

Charlie Chaplin was still sleeping on his moon when the pilgrim entered the aorta early in the morning. "Wake up!" The pilgrim screamed, letting his alarm clock ring, holding up the cross he brought all the way of his pilgrimage. "It is time for our audience with the emperor!"
tall

= + 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) and Snow White (夭) put on banana (丿) costumes (乔). Both of them claim to have the largest (乔) banana costume. Because the Queen cannot stand having someone else wear the same dress as her, she beats Snow White to a premature death (夭) with a dinosaur bone (丨).

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) is reading the latest release notes (夰) to her costume (乔). Unfortunately someone smeared a banana (丿) all over the release notes.
surname Qiao
bridge / CL:座[zuo4]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) put up a Christmas Tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), but the star at the top is missing. She decides to replace it herself, puts on a bright yellow banana costume (乔) and uses a bridge (桥) to go straight to the top of the tree.
see 蕉萃[qiao2 cui4]
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is dancing with Tang Yao (尧) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). They are dancing to the music produced by Bigfoot (丈) playing a Sihu (兀).
to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is touching up (描) her sprouts (苗) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) using a toy claw (扌).
to treat / to cure / therapy

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) has been having a colorful rash (疒) for a long time now, and she heard that there is a magic cup to cure her sickness in the aorta. In the kitchen (ao2) she sees a golden price cup (了) and starts drinking out of it immediately, and her colorful rash starts to disappear slowly. She still cannot believe that this price cup actually cured (疗) her rash.