Pinyin "ruan3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ruan3" is split up into two parts: "ru" and "an3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ru"

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an3"

In the anthill's living room.

Characters pronounced ruan3

soft / flexible

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province
ruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
archaic variant of 軟|软[ruan3]
protein
opaque / white quartz
jade-like stone
old variant of 碝[ruan3]
(archaic) to shorten