Pinyin "mao4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "mao4" is split up into two parts: "m" and "ao4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "m"
M is for Mahatma Gandhi.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao4"
In the aorta's bathroom.
Characters pronounced mao4
old variant of 帽[mao4] / hat / cap
冃
=
冂
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二
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A basecap. Mahatma Gandhi is looking at a map (冂) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). There is a sign clearly stating that for hygienic reasons the map is not to be touched, but Mahatma Gandhi touches it anyway and gets shocked immediately by an attached capacitor (二). He gets shocked so terribly that his basecap (冃) jumps off of his head.
to emit / to give off / to send out (or up, forth) / to brave / to face / reckless / to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc) / to feign / (literary) to cover
appearance
貌
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豸
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白
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儿
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Sun Wukong (儿) has transformed into a bug (豸) overnight and wakes up in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Suddenly Mahatma Gandhi (m) enters and as he sees this weird appearance (貌) he quickly walks towards it. Sun Wukong feels very helpless and is very afraid, so he waves with a white flag (白). Fortunately Mahatma Gandhi is very polite (貌) and asks whether he can do anything for the bug.