Pinyin "gua1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "gua1" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "a1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "gu"

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a1"

In front of the ashram.

Characters pronounced gua1

瓜

gua̅ = gu + a1

melon / gourd / squash

瓜 = ⺁ + 厶 + ㇏ : Gitta Giraffe (gu) inspects the banana trees (⺁) in front of the ashram (a1) every day. One day, she found a very strange banana: she looked at it, and it looked like a melon (瓜). She then poked it with her finger (㇏). It felt like a melon! She then sniffed at it with her fake nose (厶). The banana smelled like a melon (瓜)! What a strange banana, Gitta thought to herself.

刮

颳

gua̅ = gu + a1

to blow (of the wind)

刮 = 刂 + 舌 : In front of the ashram (a1) a terrible wind is blowing (刮). Gitta Giraffe (gu) can only advance by cutting the wind with a kitchen knife (刂). The wind is so strong that Gitta's tongue (舌) is being pulled out of her mouth and getting longer and longer.

刮

gua̅ = gu + a1

to scrape / to blow / to shave / to plunder / to extort