Pinyin "du3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "du3" is split up into two parts: "du" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "du"

Du is for Doggy Dog.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced du3

堵

dǔ = du + Ø3

to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls)

堵 = 土 + 者 : Louis XIV (者) built castle walls (堵) out of dirt (土) in the space station (Ø3), but now since the passage through the space station is blocked (堵), every morning when Doggy Dog (du) commutes to work he gets stuck in a traffic jam (堵) caused by the castle walls.

肚

dǔ = du + Ø3

tripe

赌

賭

dǔ = du + Ø3

to bet / to gamble

赌 = 者 + 贝 : Doggy Dog (du) and the Sun King (者) are gambling (赌) for a crab (贝) inside of the space station (Ø3).

睹

dǔ = du + Ø3

to observe / to see

睹 = 目 + 者 : The Eye of Providence (目) is witnessing with its own eye (睹) the Sun King (者) making out with Doggy Dog (du) in the space station (Ø3).