Pinyin "ta4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ta4" is split up into two parts: "t" and "a4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "t"

T is for Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a4"

In the ashram's bathroom.

Characters pronounced ta4

surname Ta

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hot tub.

Tecumseh (t) set up the sun (日) so that it heats up a small water fountain (水) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) so that it becomes a hot tub. Tecumseh jumps out of the hot tub again and again (沓) to cool down a bit before continuing to bathe.
again and again / many

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hot tub.

Tecumseh (t) set up the sun (日) so that it heats up a small water fountain (水) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) so that it becomes a hot tub. Tecumseh jumps out of the hot tub again and again (沓) to cool down a bit before continuing to bathe.
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

= + : Tecumseh (t) tries on his new cowboy boots (⻊) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but accidentally he tramples (踏) all over his hot tub (沓).
to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
flog / rapid
name of a river
couch
to step on

= + 𦐇 : Tecumseh (t) accidentally steps (蹋) on Icarus (𦐇) with his cowboy boot (⻊) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) and wastes (蹋) his wings.
door of an inner room
to despair
abundant / mixed
(literary) to drink; to swallow
to drink / to swallow
to make a rubbing
a coarse, woollen serge
surname Ta / see also 褟[ta1]
to talk fast
to encase the end with metal