Pinyin "cai1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "cai1" is split up into two parts: "c" and "ai1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "c"

C is for the King of Chu.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai1"

In front of the airplane.

Characters pronounced cai1

猜

ca̅i = c + ai1

to guess

猜 = 犭 + 青 : The dachshund (犭) is sitting in a fisher boat and floating over the water of the fountain of youth (青) in front of the airplane (ai1) as he notices a person floating towards him on a raft made of branches. He closely watches the person, the exclaims: “我猜到你是谁了！”“你猜到我是谁了？”“你是楚霸王 (c)！”