Pinyin "shi3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shi3" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "Ø3". 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 "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced shi3

豕
shǐ = sh + Ø3
hog / swine
豕 = 一 + 𧰨 : The swine is riding Sherlock Holmes in the space station.
矢
shǐ = sh + Ø3
arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]
矢 = 𠂉 + 大 : Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts.
使
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
使 = 亻 + 吏 : Sherlock Holmes, Rosa Luxemburg and the space station's clerk play a simultaneous game of rock paper scissors in the space station, as they have to decide who will be sent as a messenger back to earth to admit that they need another 3 000 000 000 $ funding.
始
shǐ = sh + Ø3
to begin / to start / then / only then
始 = 台 + 女 : In the space station Sherlock Holmes and Bessie Coleman are shaking hands over a counter. After their long negotiations this could be the start of a wonderful business relationship.
史
shǐ = sh + Ø3
surname Shi
史
shǐ = sh + Ø3
history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
史 = 口 + 乂 : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.
驶
駛
shǐ = sh + Ø3
(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail
驶 = 史 + 马 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) tells the unicorn (马) that it has to take its history (史) examination in the space station (Ø3) immediately. The unicorn is shocked and gallops (驶) away speedily (驶).
宩
shǐ = sh + Ø3
old variant of 屎[shi3]
屎
shǐ = sh + Ø3
stool / feces / ear wax / nasal mucus
乨
shǐ = sh + Ø3
archaic variant of 始[shi3]
兘
shǐ = sh + Ø3
old variant of 始[shi3]