Pinyin "bo1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "bo1" is split up into two parts: "b" and "o1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "b"

B is for Beelzebub.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "o1"

In front of the observatory.

Characters pronounced bo1

to sow / to scatter / to spread / to broadcast / Taiwan pr. [bo4]

= + : Beelzebub (b) is scattering (播) tomatoes (番) in front of the observatory (o1) using a toy claw (扌).
Kangxi radical 105, known as 登字頭|登字头[deng1 zi4 tou2]

Mnemonic symbol: nylons.
wave / ripple / storm / surge

= + : Before entering observatory every visitor has to take off their shoes, so there are a lot of leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1). Beelzebub (b) cannot miss the opportunity to make a huge wave (波) by pouring his water bottle (氵) and to flush away all the shoes.
Poland / Polish / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]

= + : Before entering observatory every visitor has to take off their shoes, so there are a lot of leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1). Beelzebub (b) cannot miss the opportunity to make a huge wave (波) by pouring his water bottle (氵) and to flush away all the shoes.
glass

= + : In front of the observatory (o1), Beelzebub (b) sold a set of beer glasses (玻) to Martin Luther King (王) for a very good price. As Martin wants to leave Beelzebub tells him that by buying the glasses, he automatically agreed to buy the very expensive drip mats made from a cow's hide (皮).
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

= + : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.
to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck

= + : Beelzebub (b) is skinning (剥) his diary (录) with a kitchen knife (刂) in front of the observatory (o1).
see 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1]
spinach
alms bowl
small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra
variant of 缽|钵[bo1]
bohrium (chemistry)
(onom.) to bubble
cake / biscuit
phonetic bo / used in onomatopoeia / see 呼呼哱[hu1 hu1 bo1], hoopoe bird