Pinyin "jue2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "jue2" is split up into two parts: "ju" and "e2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ju"

Ju is for Zeus.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e2"

In the elevator's kitchen.

Characters pronounced jue2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).
to feel / to find that / thinking / awake / aware

= + + : Lately Zeus has been acting strange when he entered the elevator, so there have been a lot of surveillance cameras put up to observe him. Zeus thinks that they are ugly and decorates them with daisies. He also feels that the cameras are emitting radiation to read his mind, so he put up a cooking lid as hat to protect his brain from the radiation.
surname Jue
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale

= + : Zeus is practising his theatre role just inside the elevator's kitchen: he's gonna play the dying swan. A crane flies by and sees him, thinking Zeus is really dying, and instantly starts administering first aid with a first aid kit he coincidentally carried around.
variant of 角[jue2] / role
to decide / to determine / to execute (sb) / (of a dam etc) to breach or burst / definitely / certainly

= + : Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Zeus asks a crystal ball whether he should eat the popsicle he holds in his hand or not. The crystal ball keeps saying no, but because he definitely wants to eat hit he keeps asking again and again.
variant of 絕|绝[jue2]

= + : Just inside the elevator's kitchen Zeus and the silk worm are playing a dice game. The game is called "annihilation", and the loser is said to become extinct within 1000 years' time. They don't know yet that both gods and worms will be extinct due to the human race soon.
to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

= + : Just inside the elevator's kitchen Zeus and the silk worm are playing a dice game. The game is called "annihilation", and the loser is said to become extinct within 1000 years' time. They don't know yet that both gods and worms will be extinct due to the human race soon.
gems mounted together

= : Mnemonic symbol: jewel necklace.

Zeus (ju) and Martin Luther King (王) are sharing one big jewel necklace (玨) which they wear as a sign for their love in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility

= + + + : The duke (爵) came to visit Zeus (ju) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) because he has a problem he can't solve on his own: there's a chewing gum (艮) stuck in his fishing net (罒). Zeus uses an electric razor (爫) to remove the chewing gum. The duke is really grateful, thumbs up (寸) and bestows Zeus an ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle (爵) as a sign of his appreciation.
to dig

= + : Zeus (ju) heard that the elevator was built on the remains of an ancient civilization, so he plans to unearth (掘) any relics. He has quite high diopter (屈) though and so, unknowingly, with his toy claw (扌) he digs (掘) right below the pillars inside the entrance (e2), eventually leading to the collapse of the elevator.
towering as a peak
to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
crabby / tough
to faint / to lose consciousness / his / her / its / their
Pteridium aquilinum / bracken