Pinyin "yao2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yao2" is split up into two parts: "y" and "ao2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "y"

Y is for Maud Younger.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao2"

In the aorta's kitchen.

Characters pronounced yao2

surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is dancing with Tang Yao (尧) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). They are dancing to the music produced by Bigfoot (丈) playing a Sihu (兀).
(archaic) vase / pitcher
surname Yao

= + + : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank

= + + : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶

= + : Maud Younger (y) is carving the lines of several trigrams (爻) into the floor of the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She is doing so using two pliers (乂).
kiln / oven / coal pit / cave dwelling / (coll.) brothel
variant of 窯|窑[yao2]
distant / remote / far / far away

= + + : Maud Younger (y) got a new razor (爫) which came with a remote (遥) control. In the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she wants to try it out but accidentally activates her gladiator sandals (辶) remotely which then promptly walk over all her pottery (缶).
variant of 肴[yao2]

= + : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
meat dishes / mixed viands

= + : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
variant of 肴[yao2]

= + : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
popular ballad / rumor

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is reading about a fascinating rumor (谣) on an advertising column (讠) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). It is written that old pottery (缶) can be made as new using an electric razor (爫). Maud Younger tries the method immediately but breaks almost every piece of pottery she tries to renovate with her electric razor.
handsome / good-looking
surname Yao
variant of 堯|尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC / embankment