Pinyin "diao4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "diao4" is split up into two parts: "di" and "ao4". 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 "ao4"
In the aorta's bathroom.
Characters pronounced diao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody