Pinyin "pa1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "pa1" is split up into two parts: "p" and "a1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "p"

P is for Pinocchio.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a1"

In front of the ashram.

Characters pronounced pa1

趴

pa̅ = p + a1

to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent

趴 = ⻊ + 八 : Pinocchio (p) is getting hurt by something in his cowboy boot (⻊), so he has to lean forward (趴) to take it off and empty it. Indeed an eight-ball (八) falls out of the cowboy boot as Pinocchio flips it upside-down.

葩

pa̅ = p + a1

corolla of flower

啪

pa̅ = p + a1

(onom.) bang / pop / pow

pa̅ = p + a1

percent (Tw)

苩

pa̅ = p + a1

old variant of 葩[pa1]