Pinyin initial: "pu"

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

Mnemonics for pu

Pu is for Petra Penguin.

Characters with pu

variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).
general / popular / everywhere / universal

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 斯普特尼克, Sputnik the satellite.

Petra Penguin is really angry at the sun for heating up earth's poles. In the space station she tries to kill the sun with a combine harvester, but the sun defends itself by flinging Sputnik replicas at Petra.
variant of 墣, clod or lump of earth

= + : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Petra Penguin (pu) is beating a pile of dirt (土) with a voodoo staff (卜) to give it some form and make it into a round lump of earth (圤).
surname Pu

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.
extensive / pervading

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.
crawl / lie prostrate

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) trained Petra Penguin (pu) to lie prostrate (匍) under an elephant (勹) on his command just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He did so by lying prostrate under the elephant himself (匍).
used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).
Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).
to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑[pu1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a door knocker. Petra Penguin (pu) locked herself out of the space station (Ø1). She tries to get the others' attention by waving with a pennant (⺊) and knocking (攴) against the window with a boxing glove (又). Finally she uses a door knocker (攴) to knock on the door.
plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / store

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over

= + : Petra penguin (p-) flaps about outside the space station's entrance (Ø1) in an attempt to throw herself at the bone with feather attached (卜). However, Penelope poodle (-u1 sound) is quicker to the prize and pounces on the bone first using her toy claw (扌). It's hard to imagine why someone would devote one's energies (扑) towards such fruitless activities. Who could forecast (卜) what would happen next?
variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names
surname Pu
river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)
plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.
chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is having Sputnik (普) chart the spectra (谱) he recorded draw on an advertising column (讠) in the space station (Ø3). Petra will use this information to create a musical score (谱).
Bodhisattva
waterfall

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is suffering from a cruel (暴) disease, inflammation of the bladder. Every so often she thinks she really has to go to the space station's bathroom (Ø4) thinking that she'll pee a waterfall (瀑), but instead when she pees into the water bottle (氵) she can only pee a few drops at a time.