Pinyin "mai3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "mai3" is split up into two parts: "m" and "ai3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "m"

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai3"

In the airplane's living room.

Characters pronounced mai3

买
買
mǎi = m + ai3
to buy / to purchase
买 = ㇖ + 头 : Mahatma Gandhi visits the airplane. He sees a neat skull and a nice sickle, and he asks for the price, because he wants to buy them both.
荬
蕒
mǎi = m + ai3
see 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[ju4 mai3 cai4]