Pinyin "shi2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shi2" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "Ø2". 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 "Ø2"

In the space station's kitchen.

Characters pronounced shi2

十
shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
时
時
shí = sh + Ø2
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period
时 = 寸 + 日 : The sun asks Sherlock Holmes out for a coffee just inside the entrance of the space station. Looking at his pocket watch, Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up".
时 = 寸 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.
时
旹
shí = sh + Ø2
old variant of 時|时[shi2]
时
時
shí = sh + Ø2
surname Shi
什
shí = sh + Ø2
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
识
識
shí = sh + Ø2
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]
识 = 只 + 讠 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is inspecting the new arrival at the entrance of the space station (Ø2). It's a big advertising column (讠) with a cuttlefish (只) on it, to broaden the space station's inhabitant's knowledge (识).
饣
飠
shí = sh + Ø2
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese cruller.

Sherlock Holmes is eating a Chinese cruller in the space station's entrance. The crane flew by and gave it to him.
实
實
shí = sh + Ø2
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
实 = 头 + 宀 : Sherlock Holmes welcomes professor Skull just inside the entrance of the space station. Professor Skull has not a complete head but only a skull, and a solid understanding of solid state physics. She really is an honest person and still wears her graduation cap.
食
shí = sh + Ø2
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
石
shí = sh + Ø2
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
石
shí = sh + Ø2
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
拾
shí = sh + Ø2
to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
拾 = 合 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to pick up (拾) a tube of glue (合) in the space station's entrance (Ø2), but last time he put it there he forgot to close the lid properly and now it is glued to the floor. He even cannot pick it up using a toy claw (扌).
蚀
蝕
shí = sh + Ø2
to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
蚀 = 虫 + 饣 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is busy investigating a case of murder just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) while a mosquito (虫) nibbles away (蚀) at his lunch, a Chinese cruller (饣).
実
shí = sh + Ø2
Japanese variant of 實|实
辻
shí = sh + Ø2
(Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji