Pinyin "pao4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "pao4" is split up into two parts: "p" and "ao4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "p"

P is for Pinocchio.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao4"

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters pronounced pao4

炮
砲
pào = p + ao4
variant of 炮[pao4]
炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.
炮
pào = p + ao4
cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker
炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.
泡
pào = p + ao4
bubble; foam / blister / to soak; to steep; to infuse / to dawdle; to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions
泡
pào = p + ao4
bubble / foam / blister (i.e. skin bubble) / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to shilly-shally / to hang about / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions
泡 = 包 + 氵 : Pinocchio (p) is very thirsty from visiting the aorta. In the bathroom (ao4) he pulls a bottle of water (氵) out of his colorful bag (包). The water is sparkling (泡) water so it has a lot of bubbles (泡).
疱
皰
pào = p + ao4
pimple / acne / blister / boil / ulcer
礮
pào = p + ao4
ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon
麭
pào = p + ao4
pastry / cake