Pinyin "huo4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "huo4" is split up into two parts: "hu" and "o4". 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 "o4"

In the observatory's bathroom.

Characters pronounced huo4

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or

= + + : In observatory's bathroom, Osvaldo Farrés plays his famous song "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) on a flute. Helga Horse listens and doesn't know whether she should maybe give him her mandarin as reward, or perhaps stab him with a spear.
to catch / to obtain / to capture

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) harvested (获) a lot of artificial lawn (艹) for the winter and stores it in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but one day she caught (获) a Saint Bernard dog (犬) and a Dachshund (犭) having messed it all up, each of them tearing at one end of a sheet at the same time.
(bound form) to reap; to harvest
(literary) to catch; to capture / (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
to reap / to harvest

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) harvested (获) a lot of artificial lawn (艹) for the winter and stores it in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but one day she caught (获) a Saint Bernard dog (犬) and a Dachshund (犭) having messed it all up, each of them tearing at one end of a sheet at the same time.
goods / money / commodity / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is using a transformer (化) to roast crabs (贝) in the observatory's bathroom (o4). Later she wants to sell the roasted crabs (货) as commodity (货) for money (货).
surname Huo

= + : The sparrow (隹) is riding on Helga Horse's (hu) back through observatory's bathroom (o4) when suddenly (霍) it starts to rain (雨). The sparrow gets very wet (look: 霍) before he escapes under Helga's belly.
suddenly

= + : The sparrow (隹) is riding on Helga Horse's (hu) back through observatory's bathroom (o4) when suddenly (霍) it starts to rain (雨). The sparrow gets very wet (look: 霍) before he escapes under Helga's belly.
to confuse / to be puzzled

= + : Oswaldo Farrés (或) wants to give his heart (心) to Helga Horse (hu) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Helga is very confused (惑): she doesn't know at all what to do with it.
old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]

= + : Helga Horse (hu) tries on her new monk's cowl (礻) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but she soon realizes a disaster (祸): in her monk's cowl, her breasts look lopsided (呙).
disaster / misfortune / calamity

= + : Helga Horse (hu) tries on her new monk's cowl (礻) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but she soon realizes a disaster (祸): in her monk's cowl, her breasts look lopsided (呙).
open; clear; liberal-minded; generous / to exempt; to remit
clear / open / exempt (from) / liberal-minded
(archaic) to measure
(archaic) to measure / yardstick / a standard