Pinyin "liu2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "liu2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "ou2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou2"

In the outhouse's kitchen.

Characters pronounced liu2

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

留

㽞

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留

畱

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

流

liú = li + ou2

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

流 = 㐬 + 氵 : In the outhouse's kitchen Li Qingzhao is rinsing her large bowl (which is decorated with pennants and pendants). She uses a bottle of water to rinse it. She rinses it very thoroughly so that a lot of water flows over.

刘

劉

liú = li + ou2

(classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter

刘 = 刂 + 文 : Mnemonic symbol: 刘三姐, third sister Liu.

Li Qingzhao and Liu Sanjie are fighting for the title "artist of the universe" in the outhouse's kitchen. Their weapons: each one has a knife, and a thick book of her respective works to use as a shield.

刘

劉

liú = li + ou2

surname Liu

浏

瀏

liú = li + ou2

clear / deep (of water) / swift

浏 = 刘 + 氵 : Li Qingzhao (li) found that Liu Sanjie (刘) emptied a magical water bottle (氵) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). They're both standing waist-deep (浏) in very clear (浏) water.

瘤

癅

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 瘤[liu2]

瘤 = 留 + 疒 : Li Qingzhao (li) called her doctor because she has a strange colorful rash (疒). Just inside the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) she finds her doctor has left her a message on her answering machine (留). Listening to the message she finds out that she has a very rare tumor (瘤).

瘤

liú = li + ou2

tumor