Pinyin "hao2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "hao2" is split up into two parts: "h" and "ao2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "h"

H is for Hamlet.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao2"

In the aorta's kitchen.

Characters pronounced hao2

roar / cry / CL:個|个[ge4]
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan

= + + + : Hamlet (h) is drawing a painting just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He put on an beret (亠) to look like a real painter, and he uses a cooking top (冖) as canvas for his painting. With a big hairy (毛) brush (毫) He is painting a hairy (毛) mandarin (口) in the cooking top (冖).
grand / heroic

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: porcupine (豪).

Hamlet (h) recently got a lot of money, so he became a nouveau rich (豪). First he bought a new beret (亠). He then fulfilled himself a wish he had for a long time: standing on a swine (豕) and a porcupine (豪), he is riding out of the aorta's kitchen (ao2) into the world, eating a mandarin (口).
trench
moat / (military) trench
oyster
howl / bawl
to howl (like a wolf)
variant of 嗥[hao2]
old variant of 嗥[hao2]
to intimidate
to shout / to roar / to terrify / swiftly