Pinyin "qiao2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "qiao2" is split up into two parts: "qi" and "ao2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "qi"

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao2"

In the aorta's kitchen.

Characters pronounced qiao2

tall

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) is reading the latest release notes (夰) to her costume (乔). Unfortunately someone smeared a banana (丿) all over the release notes.

= + 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol from 乔装打扮: to dress, to put on a costume. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Queen of Hearts (qi) and Snow White (夭) put on banana (丿) costumes (乔). Both of them claim to have the largest (乔) banana costume. Because the Queen cannot stand having someone else wear the same dress as her, she beats Snow White to a premature death (夭) with a dinosaur bone (丨).
surname Qiao
bridge / CL:座[zuo4]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) put up a Christmas Tree (木) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), but the star at the top is missing. She decides to replace it herself, puts on a bright yellow banana costume (乔) and uses a bridge (桥) to go straight to the top of the tree.
see 蕉萃[qiao2 cui4]
to look at / to see / to see (a doctor) / to visit

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is feeling sick and went to see the doctor (瞧). In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) the Eye of Providence (目) is looking at (瞧) the queen's body with a magnifier (焦) to see what's wrong with her.
emigrant / to reside abroad

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is checking every morning who enters the aorta (ao2). Because Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is living abroad (侨) is living abroad but is not supposed to, every morning she puts on a costume (乔) so that she is not recognized.
outstanding / to raise

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) anxiously awaits her outstanding (翘) lover, Tang Yao (尧), in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She greets him by raising (翘) her feather (羽) to give him an idea of the things to come.
drum tower
surname Qiao
firewood / gather wood
buckwheat
common mallow (Malva sinesis) / variant of 蕎|荞[qiao2]