Pinyin initial: "su"

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

Mnemonics for su

Su is for Susan Saint Bernard.

Characters with su

to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a delivery girl.

Inside of the engine's bathroom, the delivery girl gave a parcel to Susan Saint Bernard in passing since she can't stop her new electrical gladiator sandals. Susan Saint Bernard recognizes her demise and uses her spider-superpowers to push the off button of her sandals so that she can rest for a while.
classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) meets a bat (夕) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). They make a bet: The one who is older (岁) will be allowed to eat the other using a fork (山).
variant of 訴|诉[su4]

= + : Susan Saint Bernard lives in a very remote place, the saline marshes in the space station's bathroom. Nevertheless, the market has reached her home too and set up a big advertising column. Susan Saint Bernard is really angry, complains a lot and immediately starts preparing to sue the company. She waves angrily with the folder she prepared at the advertising column.
to complain / to sue / to tell

= + : Susan Saint Bernard lives in a very remote place, the saline marshes in the space station's bathroom. Nevertheless, the market has reached her home too and set up a big advertising column. Susan Saint Bernard is really angry, complains a lot and immediately starts preparing to sue the company. She waves angrily with the folder she prepared at the advertising column.
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Susan Saint Bernard and her whole family are weight lifting in the place of the observatory. They are all together lifting one barbell.
to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

= + + : In anthill's bathroom it's Susan Saint Bernard versus the Eye of Providence. The Eye of Providence figures that it has no chances against Susan Saint Bernard who yields two double-axes, while he has only a bamboo stick. He calculates that his chance of survival is rather low.
surname Sui

= + : Susan Saint Bernard walks the pope just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. Susan Saint Bernard wants to climb the tower vertically and pulls on the pope's leash, but the pope cannot follow her, which puzzles Susan Saint Bernard because it's the most normal thing in the world to her.
to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently

= + : Susan Saint Bernard walks the pope just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. Susan Saint Bernard wants to climb the tower vertically and pulls on the pope's leash, but the pope cannot follow her, which puzzles Susan Saint Bernard because it's the most normal thing in the world to her.
although / even though

= + : Susan Saint Bernard set up a huge web in front of the Eiffel Tower. A mosquito is in the unfortunate situation that it definitely has to pass through to transport it's mandarin, so the mosquito thinks to itself: "although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil".
variant of 訟|讼[song4]

= : Mnemonic symbol: a cool pair of sunglasses.
fast / rapid / quick / velocity

= + : Susan Saint Bernard tries out a new way of moving much faster in the space station's bathroom. She attached a bundle of firewood to each of her legs, and attached gladiator sandals to the ends of the bundles. This way she extends her legs and increases her speed dramatically.
surname Sun

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) was lucky enough to catch and eat a mosquito (孑) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), but two weeks later, the mosquito's grandson (孙) comes to fight Susan Saint Bernard and avenge the death of his grandfather. Susan Saint Bernard is a little embarrassed and offers a daisy (小) as peace offering.
grandson / descendant

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) was lucky enough to catch and eat a mosquito (孑) in front of the encampment ((e)n1), but two weeks later, the mosquito's grandson (孙) comes to fight Susan Saint Bernard and avenge the death of his grandfather. Susan Saint Bernard is a little embarrassed and offers a daisy (小) as peace offering.
surname Song

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).
pine / CL:棵[ke1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).
loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid

= + : The rooster (酉) and Susan Saint Bernard (su) where once friends, but recently they haven been fighting over a lover. Because they are both wuxia (夋) superheroes, they have been fighting for three days in front of the anthill (an1) without determining a winner. Finally they decide to settle their sour (酸) dispute and share a tart (酸) tarte to renew their friendship.
custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just arrived at the space station and in the entrance (Ø2) she sees Susan Saint Bernard (su) hanging out in her web. Rosa brought some popcorn (谷) as a present and asks Susan Saint Bernard whether she wants to watch a movie, which she does. Both of them think "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" (俗), so Rosa climbs up to Susan Saint Bernard in her web and Susan Saint Bernard eats some of Rosa's popcorn.
surname Su

宿 = + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).
old variant of 宿[su4]

宿 = + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).