Pinyin "shang1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shang1" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "ang1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "sh"

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ang1"

In front of the anglepod.

Characters pronounced shang1

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.

汤

湯

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

rushing current

伤

傷

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

to injure / injury / wound

伤 = 亻 + 𠂉 + 力 : Sherlock Holmes hurt himself when he got struck by one of the traps in front of the anglepod. Luckily Rosa Luxemburg passes by: she has the key to unlock the power button of the trap system and turns it off, so that Sherlock can free himself.

熵

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

entropy (character created in 1923)

熵

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

entropy (physics)

殇

殤

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

to die in childhood / war dead

觞

觴