大渡口

大

dà

渡

dù

口

kǒu

Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

Characters and words in 大渡口

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

渡

dù = du + Ø4

to cross / to pass through / to ferry

渡 = 度 + 氵 : Doggy Dog (du) is going to a party in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To get there he'll have to take the ferry (渡), but he's worried that his drink will be cold by the time he arrives. He's constantly measuring the temperature of his bottle of water (氵) using a thermometer (度).

渡

dù

口

kǒu

ferry crossing

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).