Mnemonic comic for

Translation

fe̅i = f + ei1: (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

Mnemonic

Frankenstein's Monster (f) holds a negative (非) into the light in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) and discovers the most beautiful mandarin (口) he has ever seen. It is so wonderful it makes is endorphin (啡) (内啡素, nèi fe̅i sù) go all crazy.

Prompt

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Comments

I just love Frankenstein's monster's facial expression in this one! Choosing "endorphine" as a symbol for 啡 was maybe no the best choice because it's not a physical object which can be incorporated in a picture. But in this case, the endorphines going crazy is pretty well displayed.

Matthias, 6 months ago

啡 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
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to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
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Characters with 啡 as component

啡 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 啡

coffee (loanword) / CL:杯[bei1]
café / coffee shop
morphine (loanword)
café / coffee shop / CL:家[jia1]
caffeine (loanword)
coffee pot / coffee maker
coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1]
coffee color / brown
see 咖啡廳|咖啡厅[ka1 fei1 ting1]
Coffee-mate (non-dairy creamer manufactured by Nestlé)
coffee machine / coffee maker

Sentences with 啡

啡 currently does not appear in any sentence.