Pinyin "yong4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yong4" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "(e)ng4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "yu"

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng4"

In the engine's bathroom.

Characters pronounced yong4

用
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.
用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?
佣
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
commission (for middleman) / brokerage fee
醟
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
to drink to excess / dissolute