Pinyin "jing3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jing3" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "(e)ng3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng3"

In the engine's living room.

Characters pronounced jing3

a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly

= + 丿 + : Joan of Arc is digging a well inside engine. At first she was doing it by hand, but then she hooked up a capacitor to a banana and a dinosaur bone, which dig for her using the electrical energy.
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
(bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight

= + : Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".

Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
surname Jing

= + : Mnemonic symbol: bonsai tree, 盆景 (pen2jing3), "landscape in a pot".

Joan of Arc's new hobby is to grow bonsai trees inside of the engine. She even performs a magical ritual to summon the sun, so that the bonsai can grow in its light. The sun is pretty annoyed as she just got up and only wears underpants, yet she already has to work.
to alert / to warn / police

= + : Joan of Arc keeps on toasting to herself inside of the engine and she got so drunk that someone called the police. The police warns her with a megaphone that she's going to be arrested if she doesn't stop, but Joan of Arc just toasts them and drinks the next shot.
neck

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) is working out in the engine ((e)ng3). She is carrying a steel beam (工) on her neck (颈) and keeps it balanced with her hands holding the beam on either side wearing boxing gloves (又). She has a sheet of paper (页) in front of her to keep track on how many squats she already did.
pitfall / trap
variant of 阱[jing3]
luster of gem
awaken
hydrazine
old variant of 井[jing3]
bright
to warn / to admonish
(gem)
cut the throat
variant of 阱[jing3]
old variant of 阱[jing3] / see 汫濙[jing3 ying2]