Pinyin "guan3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "guan3" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "an3". 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 "an3"

In the anthill's living room.

Characters pronounced guan3

馆

舘

guǎn = gu + an3

variant of 館|馆[guan3]

馆 = 官 + 饣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) just borrowed some folders (官) from the small library (馆; from 图书馆) inside of the anthill (an3). She is very annoyed to find that the folders have been messed up with Chinese crullers (饣).

馆

館

guǎn = gu + an3

building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1]

管

guǎn = gu + an3

to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

管 = ⺮ + 官 : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.

管

筦

guǎn = gu + an3

variant of 管[guan3]