Pinyin final: "(e)ng2"

The Pinyin final "(e)ng2" 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 "(e)ng2" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)ng2

In the engine's kitchen.

Characters with (e)ng2

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

= + : Chantal Chicken set a new world record in the engine's kitchen. She repeatedly rode a space elevator up and down, one thousand times in total. For setting the world record she got a sunflower.
to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color)

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) gives a presentation (呈) for Martin Luther King (王) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He's been talking over one hour about his favorite mandarin (口).
surname Cong
variant of 從|从[cong2]
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
surname Cheng

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has been pondering over a complicated formula (程) just inside stonehenge's entrance ((e)ng2) for a long time. The formula is given on a large presentation screen (呈). While pondering over the formula Charlie Chaplin is eating a bowl of cereals (禾).
rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has been pondering over a complicated formula (程) just inside stonehenge's entrance ((e)ng2) for a long time. The formula is given on a large presentation screen (呈). While pondering over the formula Charlie Chaplin is eating a bowl of cereals (禾).
horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

= + : Hamlet (h) climbed on the beam (横) of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now he is too afraid to come down again. If the Yellow Emperor (黄) doesn't want to call the fire brigade, for better or worse he'll have to climb the Christmas Tree (木) to pick Hamlet up.
cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) lost her book collection (丛) in the underbrush (丛) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The underbrush consists of the legs of rubber chicken (从) and Kitty Cat has a hard time searching through the chicken. She is using a flute (一) as a bushwhacker to aid in her search.
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: I think 曾 just looks like a firefly, with the head (with two feelers) at the top and the glowing body at the bottom.

The firefly is selling aloe vera out of a big wooden box in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. With a big microphone it is advertising the aloe. As it sees a mean crocodile and the King of Chu starting a big fight for the aloe, the firefly is very excited and states that it has never ever seen something like this before.
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
friend

= : Mnemonic symbol: a pair of slippers.

Pinocchio (p) wants to make friends (朋) with the moon (月) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To appear cuter, he put up a pair of slippers (朋) to his head which look like two big, cute ears.
shed / canopy / shack

= + : Pinocchio (p) wakes up and sticks his head out of his shack (棚) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He found that Santa Cause left him a brand new pair of slippers (朋) under the Christmas tree (木).
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

= + : Mnemonic symbol from "to travel": seven-league boots.

Xi Shi (xi) is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot (彳) and a full armor boot on her right foot (亍). Fortunately she finds seven-league boots (行) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
to punish / to reprimand / to warn

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) went on an expedition (征) to find his heart (心) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but during his expedition he dug up the whole ground and ruined everything, so he will be punished (惩) very severely.
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.
pavilion / booth / kiosk / erect

= + + + : Mother Teresa is sitting in a kiosk just inside the engine's kitchen. All she has for sale is a beret, a mandarin, a cooking top and a nail.
to stop / to halt / to park (a car)

= + : Every morning Rosa Luxemburg parks her car right in front of Mother Teresa's kiosk in the engine's kitchen, and every morning Mother Teresa has the car town away.
surname Rong

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a food container.