Mandarinbanana

to take an official post / to become a government employee

zuò = zu + o4

to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)

做 = 亻 + 故 : In observatory's bathroom, Zapatista Zebra uses the well in the middle of the room as an old tomb and throws a dead Rosa Luxemburg inside to hide her corpse.

官

gua̅n = gu + an1

surname Guan

官

gua̅n = gu + an1

government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

官 = 㠯 + 宀 : Mnemonic symbol: to symbolize the bureaucracy involved in every governmental system I'll use a folder.

官 = 㠯 + 宀 : Gitta Giraffe just graduated from anthill, and standing in front of it, still wearing her graduation cap, she's ready to assume her post as government official. She already has a folder under each arm and is wearing big safety glasses (be safe at work!).

有

yǒu = y + ou3

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

有 = 𠂇 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: confetti.

In an act of revolution, with a pair of scissors (𠂇) Maud Younger (y) is cutting a paper moon (月) into tiny pieces in the outhouse's living room (ou3). There is (有) only confetti (有) left over.

什

shén

么

麼

me

what? / something / anything

什

shén = sh + (e)n2

what

什

shí = sh + Ø2

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

么

麼

má = m + a2

exclamatory final particle

么

麼

ma = m + a5

interrogative final particle

么

麼

me = m + e5

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

么

麽

me = m + e5

variant of 麼|么[me5]

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

意

yì

思

si

idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

意

yì = y + Ø4

Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

意 = 心 + 音 : Maud Younger had a desire for new loudspeakers ever since she boarded the space station. Today she wants to anticipate what will be in the next supply shipment, so in the bathroom she stares into her crystal ball, and indeed sees the desired loudspeakers. She falls in love instantly, feeling her heart pounding heavily.

意

yì = y + Ø4

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

意 = 心 + 音 : Maud Younger had a desire for new loudspeakers ever since she boarded the space station. Today she wants to anticipate what will be in the next supply shipment, so in the bathroom she stares into her crystal ball, and indeed sees the desired loudspeakers. She falls in love instantly, feeling her heart pounding heavily.

意

yì = y + Ø4

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])

思

si̅ = s + Ø1

to think / to consider

思 = 心 + 田 : Socrates is feeling blue in front of the space station. He's thinking of burying his heart under a field. When he finishes, he realizes that he has created some kind of small planet, with his heart at the center.

← Previous

Next →

"大闹天宫 (Havoc in Heaven)" collection index