Pinyin final: "o1"

The Pinyin final "o1" 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 "o1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for o1

In front of the observatory.

Characters with o1

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

= : Mnemonic symbol: Immanuel "Many" Kant.

Many (多) and Doggy Dog (du) have great fun chasing a bat (夕) in front of the observatory (o1). After a while there are two bats (多), and it's not so easy to chase them any more. Suddenly there are more and more (多) bats! Now Many and Doggy Dog experience what it is like to be chased for a change.
quiver / woolen cloth

= + : Manny (多) is waving with a mandarin (口) at Doggy Dog (du) in front of the observatory (o1) and Doggy Dog is quivering (哆) with excitement.
opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit
worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
surname Guo

= + : The Imperator (阝) is enjoying a drink (享) next to the outer city wall (郭) in front of the observatory (o1). He doesn't notice Gitta Giraffe (gu) also enjoying his drink from outside by stretching her long neck over the outer city wall.
outer city wall

= + : The Imperator (阝) is enjoying a drink (享) next to the outer city wall (郭) in front of the observatory (o1). He doesn't notice Gitta Giraffe (gu) also enjoying his drink from outside by stretching her long neck over the outer city wall.
suck

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a large net made of ropes (索) in front of the observatory (o1) to catch mandarins (口). When she catches a mandarin with a rope she pulls it towards her and sucks (嗦) the life out of the mandarin.
glass

= + : In front of the observatory (o1), Beelzebub (b) sold a set of beer glasses (玻) to Martin Luther King (王) for a very good price. As Martin wants to leave Beelzebub tells him that by buying the glasses, he automatically agreed to buy the very expensive drip mats made from a cow's hide (皮).
slope / CL:個|个[ge4] / sloping / slanted

= + : Pinocchio (p) is out for a walk in front of the observatory (o1). He thinks that the ground is slanted (坡), but in fact somebody but some clay (土) into his leather shoes (皮) and so it is him who is sloping (坡).
surname Po / Taiwan pr. [Po3]

= + : Pinocchio (p) lost one of his tall leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1), so he folded a sheet of paper (页) into a new one. The shoe gets wet soon and collapses, so Pinocchio is standing quite (颇) slanted (颇).
rather / quite / considerably / oblique / inclined / slanting / Taiwan pr. [po3]

= + : Pinocchio (p) lost one of his tall leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1), so he folded a sheet of paper (页) into a new one. The shoe gets wet soon and collapses, so Pinocchio is standing quite (颇) slanted (颇).
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
variant of 說|说[shuo1]

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

= + : Mozart (莫) finds Mahatma Gandhi (m) lying motionless in front of the observatory (o1), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch him he uses a toy claw (扌) to feel (摸) his pulse.
to clutch / to grab / to capture

= + : In front of the observatory (o1) Julian Giant Squid (zhu) catches (捉) a football (足) using eight toy claws (扌).
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

= + : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.
awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) wants to use the emergency exit (出) in front of the observatory (o1), but it has to be operated using eight toy claws (扌) at the same time. Julian Giant Squid is just too clumsy (拙) to do so and so he is unable to open the emergency exit door.
to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from

= + : The moon (月) just had lots of cash exchanged at an exchange booth (兑) in front of the observatory (o1). Shortly afterwards the cashier finds that the moon's money is fake and grabs him to hold him up, but suddenly Tommy Turtle sheds off (脱) his moon suit and is able to escape (脱)
Poland / Polish / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]

= + : Before entering observatory every visitor has to take off their shoes, so there are a lot of leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1). Beelzebub (b) cannot miss the opportunity to make a huge wave (波) by pouring his water bottle (氵) and to flush away all the shoes.