Pinyin "jian4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jian4" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "an4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an4"

In the anthill's bathroom.

Characters pronounced jian4

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc

= + : Joan of Arc and Rosa Luxemburg want to use the anthill's bathroom, but there is a bull blocking the way. He posed them a riddle, and as long as they can't deliver the item or component he asked for to fulfill this quest, he won't let them pass.
to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Blob the Builder.

Blob the Builder (建) and Joan of Arc (ji) want to construct (建) a Go (廴) field in the anthill's bathroom (an4), so they paint the field on the floor using decorator's brushes (聿).
healthy / to invigorate / to strengthen / to be good at / to be strong in

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) want to get fit and healthy (健), so together with Blob the Builder (建) they set up a gym in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
supervisor
gradual / gradually

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) didn't dispose of her empty water bottles (氵) for a long time. Instead, she just hoarded them in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Today she wants to get rid of the bottles: step by step (渐), little by little (渐) she cuts them down using a lawn mower (斩).
key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin

= + : Blob the Builder (建) built a fort out of keyboard keys (键) to defend against Joan of Arc (ji) who attacks him and his fort with a golden harpoon (钅) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
arrow / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) programmed a new weapon. She uses her super secret lab in the anthill's bathroom (an4) to try it out for the first time. She stuck arrows (箭) into bamboo sticks (⺮) and can fire them remotely using a front panel (前).
warship

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) found a very old yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She is able to retrieve an old surveillance camera (见) from it and can see on the videotape how the submarine was totaled by a warship (舰) during the last war.
variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).
double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).
old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
to fulfill (a promise) / to tread / to walk

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is practicing to tread (践) through water in the anthill's bathroom (an4). For this purpose, she set up a floating tank (戋) and is treading through the water wearing tall cowboy boots (⻊).
to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) purchased artificial lawn (艹) and a floppy disc (存) from the internet to offer sacrifice (荐) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). When she burns the artificial lawn and the floppy disc it gives a terrible smell, but Joan of Arc is satisfied how fast the things burn so she writes a very approving recommendation (荐) on the internet.
banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart