Pinyin "yong1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yong1" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "(e)ng1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "yu"

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng1"

In front of the engine.

Characters pronounced yong1

拥

擁

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

to hold / to embrace / to wrap around / to gather around (sb) / to throng / to swarm / to support / Taiwan pr. [yong3]

拥 = 扌 + 用 : Yu the Great (yu) cut her finger in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and panicked she grabs the next first aid container (用). With the help of a toy claw (扌) she wraps (拥) her whole body in aseptic gauze.

拥

擁

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]

庸

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

ordinary / to use

庸 = 广 + 用 + 肀 : Yu the Great (yu) crashes with her parachute (广) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and breaks her leg. Luckily she finds a first aid kit (用) right away, but inside there is just an ordinary (庸) crayon (肀) which she has no use (庸) for.

佣

傭

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help

佣 = 亻 + 用 : Yu the Great and Rosa Luxemburg are lying hurt on the ground in front of the engine, and a servant of the engine uses his first aid kit to help them until the ambulance arrives.

雍

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

harmony

雍

雝

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

old variant of 雍[yong1]

雍

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1

surname Yong

邕

yo̅ng = yu + (e)ng1