Pinyin "yao4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yao4" is split up into two parts: "y" and "ao4". 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 "ao4"

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters pronounced yao4

要

yào = y + ao4

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.

要

yào = y + ao4

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

药

藥

yào = y + ao4

medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison

药 = 艹 + 约 : Maud Younger is on a date in the aorta, but she has to pass gas all the time. In the bathroom she desperately eats a sheet of artificial lawn, thinking that it should be the right medicine for her.

药

葯

yào = y + ao4

leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药[yao4]

耀

yào = y + ao4

brilliant / glorious

耀 = 光 + 翟 : Maud Younger (y) shines (耀) with a laser pointer (光) at the featers of the long-tail pheasant (翟) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), and under this illumination (耀) the featers look even awesomer (耀).

曜

yào = y + ao4

bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy

燿

yào = y + ao4

brilliant / glorious

薬

yào = y + ao4

Japanese variant of 藥|药

疟

瘧

yào = y + ao4