Pinyin "zai3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zai3" is split up into two parts: "z" and "ai3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "z"

Z is for Zorro.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai3"

In the airplane's living room.

Characters pronounced zai3

仔
zǎi = z + ai3
variant of 崽[zai3]
仔 = 亻 + 子 : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are taking turns breeding an egg (子) inside of the airplane (ai3). After a couple of days it is ready and cracks open. A young boy (仔) jumps out; he is wearing nothing but jeans (仔).
载
載
zǎi = z + ai3
to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year
载 = 𢦏 + 车 : Zorro (z) carried the remains of his cabriolet (车) into the airplane (ai3). In a diary, he records in writing (载) all the wounds he had to sew (𢦏) and the remaining pieces of his crashed cabriolet.
宰
zǎi = z + ai3
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
宰 = 宀 + 辛 : Zorro (z) is preparing a terrible kind of kimchi (辛) in the airplane (ai3). He is slaughtering livestock (宰) and collecting it together with the kimchi in a huge, turned-over graduation cap (宀).
崽
zǎi = z + ai3
child / young animal