Pinyin "zao3"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zao3" is split up into two parts: "z" and "ao3". 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 "ao3"
In the aorta's living room.
Characters pronounced zao3
bath
澡
=
喿
+
氵
:
Zorro (z) wants to take a bath (澡) in the aorta (ao3). He set up a big bathtub and fills it with water from water bottles (氵). He also set up a modified cuckoo's clock (喿) in the bathtub which measures the temperature and volume of the water. As the water is just right a cuckoo jumps out of the clock and tells Zorro that it's bath time (澡).