Pinyin "sao4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "sao4" is split up into two parts: "s" 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 "s"

Socrates.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao4"

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters pronounced sao4

喿

sào = s + ao4

chirping of birds

喿 = 品 + 木 : Shakespeare is setting up a Christmas tree in the aorta's bathroom. He's putting a pyramid on top, out of which every full hour a mechanical bird pops out to chirp a song, just like in a cuckoo clock.

扫

掃

sào = s + ao4

broom

臊

sào = s + ao4

shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate

瘙

sào = s + ao4

itch / old term for scabies / Taiwan pr. [sao1]

埽

sào = s + ao4