Pinyin "ke2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ke2" is split up into two parts: "k" 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 "k"

K is for Karl Marx.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e2"

In the elevator's kitchen.

Characters pronounced ke2

cough

= + : Karl Marx (k) caught a tropical kind of tuberculosis and so he coughs and coughs (咳) mandarins (口) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). The boar (亥) is very happy about it as she gets to eat lots and lots of mandarins.
(used in bird names) throat