Pinyin "diao1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "diao1" is split up into two parts: "di" and "ao1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "di"

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao1"

In front of the aorta.

Characters pronounced diao1

刁

dia̅o = di + ao1

artful / wicked

刁 = ㇆ + ㇀ : Dorothy Gale (di) feels wicked (刁) and purposefully scratches the plow (㇆) in front of the aorta (ao1). The ㇀ in 刁 symbolizes the scratch.

刁

dia̅o = di + ao1

surname Diao

雕

dia̅o = di + ao1

to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey

雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).

雕

彫

dia̅o = di + ao1

variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave

雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).

雕

鵰

dia̅o = di + ao1

bird of prey

雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).

叼

dia̅o = di + ao1

to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

叼 = 刁 + 口 : After Dorothy Gale (di) viciously (刁) scratched a plough in front of the aorta (ao1) the steals a mandarin (口) and holds it in her mouth (叼) until she is out of sight.

鲷

鯛

dia̅o = di + ao1

porgy / pagrus major

貂

dia̅o = di + ao1

sable or marten (genus Martes)

碉

dia̅o = di + ao1

rock cave (archaic)

凋

dia̅o = di + ao1