Pinyin final: "ou4"

The Pinyin final "ou4" 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 "ou4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ou4

In the outhouse's bathroom.

Characters with ou4

又
yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
后
hòu = h + ou4
surname Hou
后
後
hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
后 = ⺁ + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.
后
hòu = h + ou4
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
就
jiù = ji + ou4
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
就
jiù = ji + ou4
at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning
就 = 京 + 尤 : Mnemonic symbol: somebody leaving the scene right away using jet packs.
就 = 京 + 尤 : Joan of Arc got a medal for having the most awesome underpants in the outhouse's bathroom. She is embarrassed for just wearing underpants anyway, so she leaves the scene on the spot using jet packs.
六
liù = li + ou4
six / 6
六 = 亠 + 八 : 666 is the number of the Beast, so I'll represent 六 in other character's mnemonics as the Beast. Li Qingzhao is balancing a beret on an eight ball in the outhouse's bathroom, but suddenly the Beast appears and blasts it all.
豆
荳
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 豆[dou4]
豆
dòu = d + ou4
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.
候
hòu = h + ou4
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
候 = 亻 + 侯 : The marquis and Rosa Luxemburg are exhausted and want to use the outhouse's bathroom. Unfortunately Hamlet is still busy caring for his wounds, so they have to wait until he is finished. They watch all the time and inquire again and again when they will be able to use the bathroom.
受
shòu = sh + ou4
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
受 = 爫 + 冖 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: 受 is often used in a negative sense, when something bad happens to the speaker. I thus represent 受 by a stretcher, which is used to transport injured persons.
受 = 爫 + 冖 + 又 : Sherlock Holmes lost a boxing fight in the outhouse, and he's lying on a stretcher in the bathroom now. He still has his boxing gloves on. He got beaten so badly that is opponent was even able to shave his head with an electric razor. Nobody had a cover at hand, so he's just provisionally covered with a cooking top.
肉
ròu = r + ou4
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130
肉 = 冂 + 人 + 人 : Robinson Crusoe (r) and two Neanderthal Men (人人) are having a picnic in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are sitting on a huge map (冂) and each of them devours a big, bloody piece of meat (肉).
右
yòu = y + ou4
(bound form) right; right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
右
yòu = y + ou4
right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)
右 = 𠂇 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a nazi.

A nazi wants to eat a mandarin in the outhouse's bathroom, but Maud Younger cuts it right in the middle with a pair of scissors.
读
讀
dòu = d + ou4
comma / phrase marked by pause
斗
鬥
dòu = d + ou4
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗 = ⺀ + 十 : In the outhouse, the matador and Don Quixote started to fight. Now they want to settle it once and for all in the bathroom. The matador chose a cross as a weapon, while Don Quixote chose a blossom—to cushion the crosses' blows.
斗 = ⺀ + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 is a matador, who will represent 斗.
斗
鬭
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗
鬦
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗
鬪
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
迶
yòu = y + ou4
to walk
迶 = 有 + 辶 : When I read "to walk" I had to think of walking a dog. Thus in 随 I'll represent 迶 with a leash.
迶 = 有 + 辶 : Maud Younger is being walked in the outhouse's bathroom. She holds a leash and, wearing two huge gladiator sandals, she surfs through and over a heap of confetti.