Pinyin "e4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "e4" is split up into two parts: "Ø" and "e4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "Ø"

"Ø" (nothing or null) is for Albert Einstein.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e4"

In the elevator's bathroom.

Characters pronounced e4

to be hungry / hungry / to starve (sb)

饿 = + : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) I'm (我) listening to a seemingly endless physics lecture by Albert Einstein (Ø). Because I'm hungry (饿) I cannot concentrate at all but can only think of getting a Chinese cruller (饣) once this is over.
distressed

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
variant of 厄[e4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 尼厄丽德, Greek nymph.

A navy seal is doing push-ups in the elevator's bathroom, as a Greek nymph enters and tries to seduce him with some delicious chocolate. She even sets up a whole chocolate factory which continuously produces delicious chocolate! Albert Einstein enters and is delighted: he happily eats lots of the chocolate, making the seal very jealous. The seal is not supposed to eat chocolate during his training, so he is very distressed.
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

= + : Albert Einstein ate a big plate of mapo doufu, but it already went bad two weeks before. Now he pukes and pukes in the elevator's bathroom and, with a broken heart, wonders how one dish can be so fierce.
to restrain / to check / to hold back

= + : Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to turn the quiz wheel (曷) inside the elevator's bathroom (e4), but he didn't notice that the laces of his gladiator sandals (辶) got stuck in the quiz wheel and restrain (遏) its motion.
beat a drum / startle
crocodile / alligator
variant of 鱷|鳄[e4]
abbr. for Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] in central China / surname E
startling
calyx of a flower
old variant of 萼[e4]
to whitewash / to plaster
jaw / palate
Japanese variant of 惡|恶[e4]
to grip forcefully / to clutch at / to guard / to control / to hold