Pinyin "die2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "die2" is split up into two parts: "di" and "e2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "di"
Di is for Dorothy Gale.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e2"
In the elevator's kitchen.
Characters pronounced die2
to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate
叠
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冝
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叒
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Dorothy Gale (di) finds the shelves (冝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) are a complete mess. First she completely empties the shelves, piling up a heap of boxing gloves (叒) and another heap of cooking tops (冝). Then she proceeds to neatly layer (叠) the boxing gloves and cooking tops back into the shelves.
variant of 蝶[die2]
蝶
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枼
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虫
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Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.
(bound form) butterfly
蝶
=
枼
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虫
:
Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.