Pinyin "yu1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yu1" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "Ø1". 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 "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced yu1

surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
to wither / dried leaves / faded / withered
silt / river sludge / to silt up / choked with silt / variant of 瘀[yu1]
literal-minded / pedantic / doctrinaire / longwinded / circuitous
hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion
winding / twisting
surname Yu
bamboo with thin / wide leaves