Pinyin initial: "ch"

The Pinyin initial "ch" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ch" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by men. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ch" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ch

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

Characters with ch

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol for the step with the left foot: a black sneaker, because black sneakers are popular at least with the leftists I met.

Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just finished her banana (丿) and throws the peel over her shoulder in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Charlie Chaplin (彳), wearing a black sneaker on his left foot, manages to step on the banana peel with his left foot and fall over even in zero gravity.
plants sprouting

I don't know but somehow I have to think of a thornbush when looking at this character. Maybe because it looks so spiky. To make things interesting let's say this represents a burning thornbush talking to people. The burning thornbush talks to Charlie Chaplin (ch) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) and tells him what to do, but Charlie won't listen.
always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the centennial light, a light bulb which will shine forever and ever.

= + + : Charlie Chaplin is fighting his way through anglepod's underbrush with a coat hanger. The anglepod has not been visited in a hundred years, and with his coat hanger, Charlie Chaplin has to cut down a lot of daisies. Finally he found what he was looking for: the centennial light, protected from the daisies and the rain by a cooking top.
surname Chang
surname Che
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is parading in a cabriolet (mnemonic symbol for 车) in front of the elevator (e1), because he wants to establish his new cult. Like all successful leaders, he takes the carrot-and-stick approach: In one hand he's waving with a seven-branched laser sword (七), in the other one he's waving with a cross (十).
variant of 場|场[chang3]
large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams

= 𠃓 + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) practices his stage act in the anglepod's living room (ang3). He built a circus ring (场) out of clay (土) and performs his show, wearing Icarus' wings (𠃓) and flying around.
variant of 場|场[chang2]
threshing floor / classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
length / long / forever / always / constantly

= + + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
prosperous / flourishing

= : Mnemonic symbol: 文昌鱼, lancelet, a kind of very small and primitive fish.

The lancelet (昌) and Charlie Chaplin (ch) lead a very prosperous (昌) life in front of the anglepod (ang1). Each of them is so rich that they both purchased their personal sun (日). They are lying on beach chairs and enjoying their suns.
surname Chang

= : Mnemonic symbol: 文昌鱼, lancelet, a kind of very small and primitive fish.

The lancelet (昌) and Charlie Chaplin (ch) lead a very prosperous (昌) life in front of the anglepod (ang1). Each of them is so rich that they both purchased their personal sun (日). They are lying on beach chairs and enjoying their suns.
to sing / to call loudly / to chant

= + : The lancelet (昌) finds Charlie Chaplin (ch) singing (唱) loudly while taking a shower in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). The lancelet is extremely annoyed by the singing an stuffs a mandarin (口) into Charlie Chaplin's mouth (口) to make him stop.
difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

= + : Charlie Chapling is juggling steel beams in front of the ashram. A sheep is making an error bar graph representing Charlie's number of tries to juggle as long as possible without letting the beams fall down.
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post
tea / tea plant / CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]

= + + : Neanderthal Man (人) is just about to make the discovery of concocting the first tea (茶) in the history of humanity. In the ashram's kitchen (a2), he put artificial lawn (艹) into a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) and boils it. He also has a special ingredient: he also boils Charlie Chaplin (ch) for an extra strong taste.
variant of 吃[chi1]

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.