Pinyin initial: "ni"

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

Mnemonics for ni

Ni is for Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Nefertiti.

Characters with ni

年
nián = ni + an2
year / CL:個|个[ge4]
年 = 午 + 丨 + 一 : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
年
秊
nián = ni + an2
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]
年
nián = ni + an2
surname Nian
乜
niè = ni + e4
surname Nie
牛
niú = ni + ou2
ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome
牛 = 𠂉 + 十 : A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.
牛
niú = ni + ou2
surname Niu
你
nǐ = ni + Ø3
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
你 = 亻 + 尔 : Nefertiti and Rosa Luxemburg are sending you a peace dove inside the space station.
您
nín = ni + (e)n2
you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
尼
ní = ni + Ø2
Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)
尼 = 匕 + 尸 : Nefertiti is trying to escape the space station, because she is being haunted by a ghost. She's already at the entrance, where she meets the Bhuddist nun, which immediately attacks the ghost with a large ladle.
呢
ní = ni + Ø2
woolen material
鸟
鳥
niǎo = ni + ao3
bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
Nefertiti tries to fend off a turkey in the aorta.
卄
niàn = ni + an4
twenty, twentieth
卄 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe". Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
廿
niàn = ni + an4
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
廿 = 卄 + 一 : This character looks like a flower pot.
廿 = 卄 + 一 : Nefertiti needs to vent off steam. In anthill's bathroom she finds a flower pot with twenty flutes inside. With a single swing with her double axe, she splits all twenty flutes. Afterwards, she feels much better.
念
niàn = ni + an4
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
念
唸
niàn = ni + an4
variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
念 = 今 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
娘
孃
niáng = ni + ang2
variant of 娘[niang2]
娘 = 女 + 良 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Nefertiti (ni) got a child and are now young mothers (娘). One day, their child approaches them just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and gives them a thank you card (良). The child wants to say thank you because its mothers have been so good.
娘
niáng = ni + ang2
mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate
娘 = 女 + 良 : Bessie Coleman (女) and Nefertiti (ni) got a child and are now young mothers (娘). One day, their child approaches them just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) and gives them a thank you card (良). The child wants to say thank you because its mothers have been so good.
宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] / abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1] / surname Ning
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.
宁
寕
nìng = ni + (e)ng4
old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]
宁
寧
níng = ni + (e)ng2
peaceful / to pacify / to visit (one's parents etc)
宁 = 丁 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: 列宁, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin (宁) enters engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) when Nefertiti (ni) is preparing dinner. Nefertiti thinks Lenin wants to start a revolution, so she immediately tries to throw him out, but Lenin tells her he wants to remain peaceful (宁) and learn how to cook. As sign of humility he even takes his graduation cap (宀) and nails (丁) it to the wall.