Pinyin "guo2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "guo2" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "o2". 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 "o2"
In the observatory's kitchen.
Characters pronounced guo2
country / nation / state / national / CL:個|个[ge4]
国
=
囗
+
玉
:
Mnemonic symbol: a nation's flag. Let's say the Chinese flag.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
In the observatory's kitchen (o2) Gitta Giraffe (gu) is practising her ballet performance. She got a whole crate (囗) full of jade bracelets (玉) and flags (国) and fixed one flag to each jade bracelet. This makes a perfect combination for throwing the ring with the flag waving behind it and catching the ring again after a few pirouettes.
Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国 and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国 / surname Guo
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy / the severed ear of a slain enemy