Pinyin "yin3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yin3" is split up into two parts: "y" and "(e)n3". 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 "(e)n3"

In the encampment's living room.

Characters pronounced yin3

smile (archaic)
"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc

Mnemonic symbol: a "go" game board.
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a system administrator.

Maud Younger hired a system administrator to care for her servers in the encampment. His pay is a banana per day, which Maud puts into a fake pig snout which acts as a kind of banana holder.
surname Yin
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

= + : In the encampment, Maud Younger draws her composite bow. She wants to shoot a dinosaur bone straight across the hall.
to drink

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
secret / hidden / concealed / (prefix) crypto-

= + : The pope (阝) and Maud Younger (y) both need to go to the bathroom in the encampment ((e)n3) urgently (急), but they both forgot the secret (隐) pass phrase so they cannot open the door.
component in Chinese character 殷[yin1]
roll of thunder
addiction / craving

= + : Maud Younger (y) is addicted (瘾) to cracking pass phrases (隐) in the encampment ((e)n3). If she doesn't crack a password for a while she gets a colorful rash (疒).
earthworm
Japanese variant of 隱|隐[yin3]
used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]
cautious