Pinyin "you2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "you2" is split up into two parts: "y" and "ou2". 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 "ou2"

In the outhouse's kitchen.

Characters pronounced you2

surname You
outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against

= + : Maud Younger (y) receives a medal (mnemonic symbol for 尤) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) for her outstanding (尤) particularly large crutch (尢). The medal has the form of a petal leaf (丶).
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning

= + : Maud Younger (y) is creating art in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is painting a picture using oil (油) paint and occasionally using water color stored in a water bottle (氵). She is nipping a cuba libre (由) and from time to time even using her drink as color for her picture.
scallops along lower edge of flag

= + 𠂉 + : Maud Younger (y) opens a hidden safe in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). The safe his hidden behind a framed (方) egg (子). She has to put a key (𠂉) into the egg to open the safe and take out her scallops along the lower edge of a flag (斿).
to walk / to tour / to roam / to travel

= + : Maud Younger (y) is swimming (游) through a sea of scallops (斿) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Because it is very exhausting, she often has to take a sip from her water bottle (氵).
surname You

= + : Maud Younger (y) is swimming (游) through a sea of scallops (斿) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Because it is very exhausting, she often has to take a sip from her water bottle (氵).
to swim / variant of 遊|游[you2]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is swimming (游) through a sea of scallops (斿) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Because it is very exhausting, she often has to take a sip from her water bottle (氵).
post (office) / mail

= + : Maud Younger (y) received a postcard (邮) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). The postcard is from the imperator (阝) and shows himself enjoying a cuba libre (由). On the postcard he invites Maud to visit him in his holiday lodge.
as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet

= + : A jew (犹) brought his dachshund (犭) to a competition in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) and won the first price. Maud Younger (y) has the honor of handing him his well-earned medal (尤).
fault / mistake
(bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]
to plan / to scheme
nodule / wart
uranium (chemistry) / Taiwan pr. [you4]