Pinyin "guai3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "guai3" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "ai3". 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 "ai3"

In the airplane's living room.

Characters pronounced guai3

拐
枴
guǎi = gu + ai3
cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff
拐 = 另 + 扌 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is turning round and round (拐) her distiller (另) in the airplane (ai3) while using a toy claw (扌) as a cane (拐). She wants to distill chloroform to sedate and kidnap (拐) children.
拐
guǎi = gu + ai3
to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]) / variant of 枴|拐[guai3]
拐 = 另 + 扌 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is turning round and round (拐) her distiller (另) in the airplane (ai3) while using a toy claw (扌) as a cane (拐). She wants to distill chloroform to sedate and kidnap (拐) children.
拐
柺
guǎi = gu + ai3
variant of 枴|拐[guai3]
拐 = 另 + 扌 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is turning round and round (拐) her distiller (另) in the airplane (ai3) while using a toy claw (扌) as a cane (拐). She wants to distill chloroform to sedate and kidnap (拐) children.