Pinyin "dou4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "dou4" is split up into two parts: "d" and "ou4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "d"

D is for Don Quixote.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou4"

In the outhouse's bathroom.

Characters pronounced dou4

豆
荳
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 豆[dou4]
豆
dòu = d + ou4
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.
读
讀
dòu = d + ou4
comma / phrase marked by pause
斗
鬥
dòu = d + ou4
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗 = ⺀ + 十 : In the outhouse, the matador and Don Quixote started to fight. Now they want to settle it once and for all in the bathroom. The matador chose a cross as a weapon, while Don Quixote chose a blossom—to cushion the crosses' blows.
斗 = ⺀ + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 is a matador, who will represent 斗.
斗
鬦
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗
鬪
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗
鬭
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
逗
dòu = d + ou4
to stay / to stop / to tease (play with) / amusing / short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])
逗 = 豆 + 辶 : Don Quixote (d) is teasing (逗) everyone in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) by sneakily inserting beans (豆) into their gladiator sandals (辶) when they're not looking.
逗
dòu = d + ou4
to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])
窦
竇
dòu = d + ou4
surname Dou
窦
竇
dòu = d + ou4
hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus
闘
dòu = d + ou4
Japanese variant of 鬥|斗
痘
dòu = d + ou4
pimple / pustule
鬬
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]