Pinyin "gan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "gan1" is split up into two parts: "g" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "g"

G is for Guy Fawkes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced gan1

surname Gan

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
variant of 乾|干[gan1]

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
surname Gan

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
sweet / willing

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
pole / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
liver / CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4] / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

= + : When Guy Fawkes (g) inspects the moon (月) in front of the anthill (an1) he finds a few dried fruits (干) left behind by Luis Armstrong. By now they are fermented and contain a lot of alcohol. Guy Fawkes eats them happily but unfortunately soon after suffers from liver (肝) damage.
pole
embarrassed / ill at ease

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) has been caught and put into a prison (监) in front of the anthill (an1) and is exposed to the public as a warning. During his detention he has been hurt and so he has to use a crutch (尢). The whole experience is very embarrassing (尴) for him.
licorice / glycoside
large tangerine
so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4]
anhydride