Pinyin "xu3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "xu3" is split up into two parts: "xu" 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 "xu"

Xu is for Xu Xian.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced xu3

surname Xu
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps

= + : Xu Xian just loves having lunch in the space station. In fact he loves it so much that he calls mission control to get permission to praise it on an advertising column. After he got the permission, he smears his lunch all over the advertising column.
used in 栩栩[xu3 xu3] / jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)
to brag / popular / lovely
a kind of jade
cap of Yin dynasty
to breathe upon
chatter like old woman / cheerful
abundant / bright / strain spirits
official pay / sacrificial rice
old variant of 許|许
surname Xu / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC)
spiritus / strain spirits