Pinyin "zhu4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhu4" is split up into two parts: "zhu" and "Ø4". 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 "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced zhu4

to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu), Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and the Lord (主) are all living (住) together in a flat share in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
surname Zhu
(archaic) drum

= + : Julian Giant Squid is making some experimental beat music in the space station's bathroom. He's beating a huge 壴-type drum with a cross and a can of beans.
to help / to assist

= + : Mnemonic symbol: water wings helping you to learn how to swim.

Julian Giant Squid wants to learn how to swim and put on a lot of floaties in the space station's bathroom. As he hits the power button to inflate the high tech floaties remotely he forgot that there are still a lot of floaties left, stored in the shelf—he is reminded instanlty as also all of them inflate.
to inject / to pour into / to concentrate / to pay attention / stake (gambling) / classifier for sums of money / variant of 註|注[zhu4]

= + : Julian Giant Squid and the lord are very concentrated on a game they are playing in the space station's bathroom. Each of them has a bottle of water, and they are taking turns to pour the water in the other one's bottle, which is not that easy at zero gravity.
to register / to annotate / note / comment

= + : Julian Giant Squid and the lord are very concentrated on a game they are playing in the space station's bathroom. Each of them has a bottle of water, and they are taking turns to pour the water in the other one's bottle, which is not that easy at zero gravity.
surname Zhu

= + : Apollo expresses his best wishes to Julian Giant Squid in the bathroom of the space station and hands him a bottle of Champagne. Julian Giant Squid just ended his ten-year seclusion in the space station's bathroom, living as an emeritus, dressed in a monk's cowl.
to wish / to express good wishes / to pray / (old) wizard

= + : Apollo expresses his best wishes to Julian Giant Squid in the bathroom of the space station and hands him a bottle of Champagne. Julian Giant Squid just ended his ten-year seclusion in the space station's bathroom, living as an emeritus, dressed in a monk's cowl.
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding

= + : The Sun King (者) writes his memoirs in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) immediately reads these important (著) documents (著).
to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen
short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) constructed (筑) some tools just out of bamboo sticks (⺮) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The last thing he constructs for the day is a shed made out of bamboo sticks. He puts his tools inside and locks the shed with a padlock (巩).
five-string lute / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) constructed (筑) some tools just out of bamboo sticks (⺮) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The last thing he constructs for the day is a shed made out of bamboo sticks. He puts his tools inside and locks the shed with a padlock (巩).
to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) constructed (筑) some tools just out of bamboo sticks (⺮) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The last thing he constructs for the day is a shed made out of bamboo sticks. He puts his tools inside and locks the shed with a padlock (巩).
to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

= + : The space station's bathroom (Ø4) has been assigned as a new military station. The newest soldiers are the lord (主), the unicorn (马), and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) which have all been stationed (驻) in the space station's bathroom.
pillar / CL:根[gen1]

= + : It is Christmas in the space station and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) set up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom (Ø4). Julian Giant Squid prepared a gift for the lord (主): he gives him a pillar (柱) for his mansion.
to cast or found metals

= 寿 + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is melting longevity peach buns (寿) to use them to cast (铸) a golden harpoon (钅) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3]