Pinyin "wa1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "wa1" is split up into two parts: "w" 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 "w"

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a1"

In front of the ashram.

Characters pronounced wa1

穵

wa̅ = w + a1

to dig / to scoop out

穵 = 乙 + 穴 : Willy Walrus (w) earned a silver medal (乙) for carefully scooping out (穵) cave paintings (穴) in front of the ashram (a1).

挖

wa̅ = w + a1

to dig / to excavate / to scoop out

挖 = 扌 + 穵 : Willy Walrus (w) started another excavation (挖) in front of the ashram (a1). This time he wants to take it up a notch and uses a lot of toy claws (扌) to dig (挖) a lot of earth in a short time.

哇

wa̅ = w + a1

Wow! / sound of child's crying / sound of vomiting

哇 = 口 + 圭 : Willy Walrus (w) is babysitting a baby in front of the ashram (a1), but the baby is crying (哇) all the time. Willy Walrus already tried to have it play with a jade tablet (圭) and to feed it a mandarin (口), but the baby was not interested at all.

哇

wa̅ = w + a1

Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting

蛙

wa̅ = w + a1

frog / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

蛙

鼃

wa̅ = w + a1

old variant of 蛙[wa1]

凹

wa̅ = w + a1