Pinyin "yue4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yue4" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "e4". 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 "e4"

In the elevator's bathroom.

Characters pronounced yue4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) / see also 五刑[wu3 xing2]

= + : The moon (月) was spying on the Yu the Great (yu) in the space station's bathroom (e4). As a punishment, Yu the Great is going to amputate his feet (刖) with a kitchen knife (刂).
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
surname Yue
music
variant of 鉞|钺[yue4]

= + : Yu the Great inspects his weapon collection in the elevator's bathroom. He has a metal box which contains a spear and a battle-axe.
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more

= + : Yu the Great is extremely mad at all the Nordic walkers in the elevator's bathroom. With a battle-axe, he chops Nordic walking poles into small pieces. The more he chops, the smaller the pieces get.
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
to inspect / to review / to read / to peruse / to go through / to experience

= + : Yu the Great (yu) has to inspect (阅) a cash exchange booth (兑) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He finds lots of problems and just as he is reading (阅) the rights to the owner, the owner opens a trap door (门) just below his feet to make him disappear.
to jump / to leap

= + : Snow White (夭) and Yu the Great (yu) are sack racing in the elevator's bathroom (e4), just that they are not using sacks but huge cowboy boots (⻊). They are competing for who can leap (跃) farther.
high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
wife's parents and paternal uncles

= + : Yu the Great (yu) buried his wife's parents and paternal uncles (岳) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). For each of them he set up a small mound (丘), and his wife's parents got the highest peak of the mountain ridge (岳). It was very hard for him to pile up the mounds because he used a fork (山) to do so.
surname Yue
surname Yue
Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
pleased

= + : Yu the Great (yu) is operating a cash exchange booth (兑) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He is very pleased (悦) that since he started displaying his enormous flail (忄) his business goes very smoothly.
key / also pr. [yao4]