Pinyin "ti1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ti1" is split up into two parts: "ti" and "Ø1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ti"

Ti is for Mother Teresa.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced ti1

梯
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
ladder / stairs
梯 = 弟 + 木 : Jesse James (弟) helps Mother Teresa (ti) decorate a Christmas tree (木) standing on a ladder (梯) in front of the space station (Ø1). Mother Teresa is very thankful, but she doesn't now that secretly Jesse James is decorating the tree with TNT (梯恩梯).
踢
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
踢 = ⻊ + 易 : Mother Teresa (ti) was unable to solve a very easy puzzle (易) in front of the space station (Ø1). Angrily she kicks (踢) the puzzle out of orbit with her big cowboy boot (⻊).
剔
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
剔 = 刂 + 易 : Mother Teresa (ti) is picking her teeth (剔) in front of the space station (Ø1) with a kitchen knife (刂). She got something stuck in her teeth but it should be easy (易) to remove since it is only a puzzle consisting of two pieces (易).
锑
銻
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
antimony (chemistry)
䴘
鷉
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
variant of 鷈|䴘[ti1]
䴘
鷈
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
used in 鷿鷈|䴙䴘[pi4 ti1]
擿
ti̅ = ti + Ø1
to select / to nitpick / to expose