Pinyin final: "Ø4"

The Pinyin final "Ø4" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "Ø4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for Ø4

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters with Ø4

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

= : Mnemonic symbol: a capacitor, because the two strokes remind me of the symbol in electrical drawings. Albert Einstein (Ø) is experimenting with a capacitor (二) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He finds that it's uncomfortable to discharge a capacitor using two flutes (一).
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
do not

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: bat wings. The 丿 strokes look like the fingers of a single bat wing.

The elephant (勹) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but Willy Walrus (w) suddenly flies by (using bat wings (勿)), snatches the banana away and shouts "do not!" (勿)
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
(bound form) bull's-eye; target
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
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.
easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" / abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a really easy puzzle consisting of only two parts.

Maud Younger (y) and the sun (日) are trying to complete a really easy puzzle (易) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It's not as easy as they thought though, because in zero gravity they can only move with the help of their bat wings (勿).
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
jade

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a jade bracelet.

Yu the Great (yu) and Martin Luther King (王) invented some kind of wrestling sport in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Both fighters have to be restrained by large jade bracelets (玉) around their body restricting their arms to be aligned to the body. Then they fight. To make things safe they stuffed the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with cosy petals (丶) so that they won't hurt themselves.
Buddhist temple / mosque / government office (old)

= + : Socrates (s) built a Buddhist temple (寺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To protect it from being destroyed while floating around in zero gravity, he built a protective frame made out of mud (土) around it. After finishing it he inspects it and thinks "thumbs up" (寸), because he is proud of his work.
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.
surname Shi
thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to become a physicist (物) and does research about dark matter (物) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His motivation is to become a super villain and rule the world. Just as he is about to have a breakthrough, a huge black ox (牛) flying with the help of bat wings (勿) hits Willy with an oxerang and takes away the dark matter, saving the world.
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a grammar nazi.

Zeus, the elephant and the grammar nazi are playing monkey in the bathroom's space station. The elephant uses its long trunk to hold the mandarin just above the grammar nazis head where he can't reach it, while Zeus laughs out loud.
hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly

= + : Gitta Giraffe is building a hard and solid stronghold inside the bathroom's space station. The stronghold consists of a cloister inside a wooden box.
to vomit / to throw up

= + : Tommy Turtle ate to many mandarins in the space station. He can't help but vomit until he produced a muddy pile of mandarins in the bathroom.
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]