Pinyin "fu2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "fu2" is split up into two parts: "fu" and "Ø2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "fu"

Fu is for Frieda Fox.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø2"

In the space station's kitchen.

Characters pronounced fu2

clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes

= 𠬝 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Frieda Fox and the moon are playing a little game. They are ordering each other what to wear and the other person has to obey. Frieda orders the moon to wear a neat little tutu, and the moon orders Frieda to wear a princess' dress. After they've changed they can't stop laughing at each other.
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
good fortune / happiness / luck

= + : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.
surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 sheng3]

= + : Frieda Fox is preparing for the new year's festival. She put a big red sticker with a golden 福 character on the space station's door, and to prepare for the stress that her visiting parents bring she meditates wearing a monk's cowl and quietly popping bubble wrap. She looks at the golder character and prays for a good fortune.
not (literary) / used in transliteration

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a woven basket, because the interweaving strokes of 弗 remind me of a woven pattern.

= + : Just inside the space station's entrance Frieda Fox wants to shoot kitchen knifes at a woven basket with a composite bow, but since the knifes are too short, she's not really able to.
(literary) not / used in transliteration
surname Fu

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) is praying for a larger paycheck (付) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). For her prayers she is using a talisman (符) she made herself by attaching big paychecks (付) to the tip of a bamboo stick (⺮).
mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) is praying for a larger paycheck (付) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). For her prayers she is using a talisman (符) she made herself by attaching big paychecks (付) to the tip of a bamboo stick (⺮).
width / roll / classifier for textiles or pictures

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) finally got the towel (巾) she ordered on the internet. She takes delivery of it just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The towel is packed in bubble wrap (畐) and it is so wide (幅) that it barely fits into the room.
to support with the hand / to help sb up / to support oneself by holding onto something / to help

= + : A new construction worker (夫) just arrived at the space station. Since he is not used to the station's movements yet, Frieda Fox (fu) supports him with her hand (扶) just inside the entrance (Ø2). The construction worker also supports himself using a toy claw (扌).
(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛[fu2]
seemingly
to trust / to believe in

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a wedding ring.

Frieda Fuchs (fu) wants to marry just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). As a sign of her trust (孚) she puts a wedding ring (孚) around her eggs (子) and shaves (爫) them.
to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus

= + : Ever since Frieda Fox (fu) got her wedding ring (孚) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she's been floating around (浮) like on clouds. She even got drunk by only drinking a bottle of water (氵).
see 韍|韨[fu2] / a kind of clothing in ancient China
surname Fu

= + : A camouflage net.

= + : Frieda Fox and the Saint Bernard dog lie in ambush hidden in a camouflage net just inside the space station's entrance to surprise Rosa Luxemburg, but when Rosa returns from her trip outside, she notices the dog's wiggling tail.
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt

= + : A camouflage net.

= + : Frieda Fox and the Saint Bernard dog lie in ambush hidden in a camouflage net just inside the space station's entrance to surprise Rosa Luxemburg, but when Rosa returns from her trip outside, she notices the dog's wiggling tail.
to take prisoner / prisoner of war

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) captured Frieda Fox (fu) using a wedding ring (孚) and took her as a prisoner of war (俘). They are just now entering the space station (Ø2) where Frieda will be kept prisoner.
spoke of a wheel

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) ordered custom wheels for her cabriolet (车) and she is just about to receive the bubble-wrapped (畐) spokes (辐) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Unfortunately the spokes send out a lot of radiation (辐).
bundle wrapped in cloth

= + : Frieda Fox (fu) wrapped her family heirloom (包袱底儿), a royal hermine coat (衤), into a bundle wrapped in cloth (袱). To make sure her bundle will never be discovered she hides it under a camouflage net (伏) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).