Pinyin initial: "p"

The Pinyin initial "p" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "p" 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 "p" can appear in.

Mnemonics for p

P is for Pinocchio.

Characters with p

爿
pán = p + an2
classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
爿 = 丩 + 丆 : Mnemonic symbol: log of wood.

Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Pinocchio (p) sees a pile of wood logs (爿) beneath a wind wheel (丆). Thinking that it was the wind wheel which chopped the wood, feeling personally threatened, he attacks the wind wheel with a roast fork (丩).
朋
péng = p + (e)ng2
friend
朋 = 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a pair of slippers.

Pinocchio (p) wants to make friends (朋) with the moon (月) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To appear cuter, he put up a pair of slippers (朋) to his head which look like two big, cute ears.
旁
páng = p + ang2
one side / other / different / lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
旁 = 六 + 冖 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: bourbon, 波旁.

The beast (六) just entered the anglepod (ang2) and got a quest from Pinocchio (p). Pinocchio asked the beast to fit a cooking top (冖) into a square (方). If he succeeds, he'll get a bottle of bourbon (旁), so the beast is jumping on the cooking top madly trying to push it through the square.
跑
pǎo = p + ao3
to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off
跑 = ⻊ + 包 : Pinocchio stole a colorful handbag from someone in the aorta and runs as fast as he can. He didn't have time to look for which direction he actually was heading, so he stumbles and falls head-first into a big cowboy boot.
跑
páo = p + ao2
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
怕
pà = p + a4
surname Pa
怕 = 忄 + 白 : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
怕
pà = p + a4
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps
怕 = 忄 + 白 : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
咅
pǒu = p + ou3
pooh / pah / bah / (today used as a phonetic component in 部[bu4], 倍[bei4], 培[pei2], 剖[pou1] etc)
咅 = 口 + 立 : Pinocchio (p) ate too many mandarins (口), so he has to make a big poo-poo (咅) into a vase (立) in the outhouse (ou3). It is very stinky, so all other visitors exclaim "bah!" (咅) as they pass the vase.
板
闆
pàn = p + an4
to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
排
pái = p + ai2
a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
排 = 扌 + 非 : Pinocchio is trying to save a messed up negative he obtained in the airplane's kitchen. He carefully unrolls the negative using a toy claw to line it up and see what can be saved.
般
pán = p + an2
see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
爬
pá = p + a2
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up
爬 = 巴 + 爪 : Pinocchio (p) climbs a giant lollipop (巴) inside the ashram's kitchen (a2) to get to the upper level, since the steps are broken. He uses claws (爪) to be able to climb the lollipop.
碰
pèng = p + (e)ng4
to touch / to meet with / to bump
碰 = 並 + 石 : Pinocchio (p) bumps (碰) his combine harvester (並) right into a rock (石) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
碰
掽
pèng = p + (e)ng4
variant of 碰[peng4]
碰 = 並 + 石 : Pinocchio (p) bumps (碰) his combine harvester (並) right into a rock (石) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
碰
踫
pèng = p + (e)ng4
old variant of 碰[peng4]
碰 = 並 + 石 : Pinocchio (p) bumps (碰) his combine harvester (並) right into a rock (石) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
牌
pái = p + ai2
mahjong tile / playing card / game pieces / signboard / plate / tablet / medal / CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]
牌 = 卑 + 片 : Pinocchio (p) is playing with Mahjong tiles (牌) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). There is a price to win: a DVD (片) about the Alpes (卑). Pinocchio definitely wants to win the DVD, so he keeps playing again and again.
胖
pàng = p + ang4
fat / plump
胖 = 半 + 月 : King Solomon (半) and Pinocchio (p) are bragging about how fat (胖) they are in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). To support their claim they each secretly stuffed a small moon (月) under their shirts.
胖
pán = p + an2
healthy / at ease
番
pa̅n = p + an1
surname Pan
配
pèi = p + ei4
to join / to fit / to mate / to mix / to match / to deserve / to make up (a prescription) / to allocate
配 = 己 + 酉 : Pinocchio (p) helps the rooster (酉) build a new nest in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). They collected a heap of matches (配) and are now in the process of arranging the matches with butcher's hooks (己) so that the nest nicely fits (配) to the rooster's back.