Pinyin "zhong4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhong4" is split up into two parts: "zhu" and "(e)ng4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zhu"

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng4"

In the engine's bathroom.

Characters pronounced zhong4

中
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
重
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
heavy / serious / to attach importance to
重 = 千 + 里 : Julian Giant Squid installed a space elevator in the engine's bathroom, and now he wants to find out how heavy the load can be. For his first trip he loads 1000 times 1 kilo, and to celebrate the grand opening, he brought a sunflower.
重 = 千 + 里 : This one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth and the part in between is the space elevator.
种
種
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to plant / to grow / to cultivate
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
many / numerous / crowd / multitude
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
众
衆
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
crowd; multitude / many; numerous
乑
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to stand side by side / variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
乑 = 𧰨 : The evil twin of the caterpillar (𧰨). Julian Giant Squid (zhu) sees the good and the evil caterpillar twins (𧰨 and 乑) standing side by side (乑) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) and is astonished by how similar they look.
仲
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
surname Zhong
仲 = 中 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
仲
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
仲 = 中 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
㐺
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
old variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
狆
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
Pekingese
茽
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
vegetation growing thickly
蚛
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten