Mnemonic comic for

Translation

= yu + Ø4: to implore

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

Yu the Great (yu) wants to stick a mandarin (口) into a honey jar (于) and eat it, but in the space station’s bathroom (Ø4) the mandarin is imploring (吁) him to not do it.

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All translations for 吁

= xu + Ø1
sh / hush
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= yu + Ø4
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
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= yu + Ø4
to implore
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How to pronounce 吁

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

吁 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= yu + Ø2
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
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= yu + Ø2
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
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kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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Characters with 吁 as component

= xu + Ø3
cap of Yin dynasty
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Words with 吁

to call on (sb to do sth) / to appeal (to) / an appeal
to pant / to gasp for breath
to pant / to gasp for breath
Sentences with 吁
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