Pinyin "xi4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "xi4" is split up into two parts: "xi" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "xi"

Xi is for Marie Curie.
Alternative mnemonic for xi: Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced xi4

系
xì = xi + Ø4
system / department / faculty
系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.
系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.
系
繫
xì = xi + Ø4
to connect / to arrest / to worry
系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.
系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.
系
係
xì = xi + Ø4
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)
系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.
系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.
戏
戲
xì = xi + Ø4
trick / drama / play / show / CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
戏 = 又 + 戈 : Marie Curie (xi) recently joined a game (戏) show (戏) featuring American gladiators. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is ready to knock off anyone with her spear (戈) which has a boxing glove (又) at its tip.
戏
戯
xì = xi + Ø4
variant of 戲|戏[xi4]
戏 = 又 + 戈 : Marie Curie (xi) recently joined a game (戏) show (戏) featuring American gladiators. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is ready to knock off anyone with her spear (戈) which has a boxing glove (又) at its tip.
细
細
xì = xi + Ø4
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
细 = 田 + 纟 : Marie Curie inspects her farm in the space station's bathroom. She set up a field where innocent silk worms have to die only for the production of fine and slender silk threads.
隙
xì = xi + Ø4
crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift
隙 = 阝 + 小 + 白 + 小 : The Pope (阝) wants to bring peace to the universe and starts with planting daisies (小)(小) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As he is planting the daisies one by one each time he is creating a crack (隙) in the hull of the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Marie Curie (xi) can only watch in horror and wave her white flag (白) to make him stop.
卌
xì = xi + Ø4
forty
舄
xì = xi + Ø4
shoe / slipper
潟
xì = xi + Ø4
saline land / salt marsh
郤
xì = xi + Ø4
variant of 隙[xi4]
郤
xì = xi + Ø4
surname Xi
阋
鬩
xì = xi + Ø4
to argue / to quarrel
繋
xì = xi + Ø4
variant of 繫|系[xi4]
禊
xì = xi + Ø4
semiannual ceremony of purification