Pinyin "shen4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shen4" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "(e)n4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "sh"

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n4"

In the encampment's bathroom.

Characters pronounced shen4

甚

shèn = sh + (e)n4

what / very / extremely / any

甚 = 匹 + 甘 : Mnemonic symbol: An extremist.

Sherlock Holmes is in the middle of one of his adventures: in the encampment's bathroom he found an extremist threatening a cow. With his keen eyes though he sees that the extremist's bombing belt is fake and just made out of bolts of thread, so he bravely jumps in to rescue the frightened cow.

肾

腎

shèn = sh + (e)n4

kidney

慎

shèn = sh + (e)n4

careful / cautious

慎 = 忄 + 真 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) ordered a replicator (真) to make a flail (忄) for him in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but Sherlock is quite skeptical (慎). Indeed, the flail is quite fragile and it bursts on the first cautious (慎) test hit.

慎

昚

shèn = sh + (e)n4

old variant of 慎[shen4]

渗

滲

shèn = sh + (e)n4

to seep / to ooze / to horrify

渗 = 参 + 氵 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is horrified (渗) to find that he accidentally emptied his water bottle (氵) over his bib number (参) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), and now he'll have to run the race with a seeping (渗) bib number on his body.

蜃

shèn = sh + (e)n4

giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings

愼

shèn = sh + (e)n4

variant of 慎[shen4]

胂

shèn = sh + (e)n4

arsine

椹

shèn = sh + (e)n4

variant of 葚[shen4]