Pinyin "chou2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "chou2" is split up into two parts: "ch" and "ou2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ch"

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou2"

In the outhouse's kitchen.

Characters pronounced chou2

to worry about

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is swinging so high on the swing (秋) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) that he worries (愁) about his heart (心) jumping out of his chest.
hatred / animosity / enmity / foe / enemy / to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) are now companions and float on cloud nine (九) through the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Rosa's former lover Charlie Chaplin (ch), however, is their hatred enemy (仇).
variant of 仇[chou2]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) are now companions and float on cloud nine (九) through the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Rosa's former lover Charlie Chaplin (ch), however, is their hatred enemy (仇).
variant of 仇[chou2]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Queen of Hearts (qi) are now companions and float on cloud nine (九) through the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Rosa's former lover Charlie Chaplin (ch), however, is their hatred enemy (仇).
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means

= + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.
variant of 酬[chou2]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is rewarding (酬) the rooster (酉) by sitting on a red cotton tree (州) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and singing a song.
variant of 酬[chou2]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is rewarding (酬) the rooster (酉) by sitting on a red cotton tree (州) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and singing a song.
old variant of 酬[chou2]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is rewarding (酬) the rooster (酉) by sitting on a red cotton tree (州) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and singing a song.
to entertain / to repay / to return / to reward / to compensate / to reply / to answer

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is rewarding (酬) the rooster (酉) by sitting on a red cotton tree (州) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and singing a song.
arable fields / cultivated field / class / category

= + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has several fields (田) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) where he grows longevity peaches (寿). Each year he classifies (畴) his fields into arable (畴) and non-arable fields using category theory (畴).
dense / crowded / thick / many

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is eating a bowl of cereals (禾) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). His cereals consist of densely (稠) packed tiny hula hoops (周) made from sugar.
(light) silk / CL:匹[pi3]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) and the silk worm (纟) are working together in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) to produce very light silk (绸). Charlie is extracting its silk thread while the worm is exercising with a hula hoop (周), therefore creating a very light thread.
silk
variant of 讎|雠[chou2]