Pinyin "hu4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "hu4" is split up into two parts: "hu" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "hu"

Hu is for Helga Horse.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced hu4

a household / door / family

= + : Helga Horse's (hu) family (戶) is visiting her in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). For dinner, Helga prepared a ton of bananas (⺁) and a mandarin (口) on top.

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is being attacked by a ghost (尸) with a big petal leaf (丶) on his head in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She's fighting him off using a wooden swinging door (户).
variant of 戶|户[hu4]

= + : Helga Horse (hu) adopted the ghost (尸) and now they're a family (戸), but whenever the ghost does something stupid Helga hits it on the head with a flute (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
to protect

= + : Helga Horse (hu) feels that she has to protect (护) the inhabitants of the space station. In the bathroom (Ø4) she equips herself with a wooden swinging door (户) as a shield and a toy claw (扌) as a weapon.
mutual

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is freezing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She rubs her two front hooves mutually (互) against each other to warm up a little. Even her wet snout (彑) is frozen: she cannot play the flute (一) anymore.
paste / cream
short name for Shanghai
retinue
surname Hu
celestial blessing
(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
a species of freshwater catfish
gourd
(bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, gadfly petrels etc
to rely on / father (formal)
water bucket for irrigation
name of a district in Shaanxi