Pinyin initial: "shu"

The Pinyin initial "shu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "shu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by animals. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "shu" can appear in.

Mnemonics for shu

Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.

Characters with shu

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.
book / letter / document / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] / to write

= + + : Sheldon Shrimp is enjoying a good book in front of the space station. Because he is lazy, he built a thingy to hold the pages in place with a dinosaur bone and two ploughs. He is laying very comfortable on a petal leaf serving as sofa.
abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
surname Shu

= + : In the space station's bathroom, Sheldon Shrimp built a stage out of bundles of firewood to put his Christmas tree on. Under the tree he put his favourite food: mandarins.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bundle of firewood.
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bundle of firewood.

= + : In the space station's bathroom, Sheldon Shrimp built a stage out of bundles of firewood to put his Christmas tree on. Under the tree he put his favourite food: mandarins.
method / technique

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 手术: surgeon

= + : In the space station's bathroom the surgeon wants to tickle Sheldon Shrimp with a petal leaf, but Sheldon thinks it's a trap and he wants to cut him open, so he hides behind a Christmas tree.
bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) cut off all the branches of a Christmas tree (木) in front of the anthill (an1) and now the tree is leaking tree gum from the cuts. To stop the bleeding, Sheldon stuffs tampons (栓) into the smaller holes and wholewheat bread (全) into the larger holes.
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) quits the moon (月) in the airplane (ai3). He puts the moon on a shovel (乚) and flicks (甩) him away.
different / unique / special / very / (classical) to behead / to die / to cut off / to separate / to surpass

= + : The wicked witch (歹) sentenced Sheldon Shrimp (shu) to be beheaded (殊) in front of the space station (Ø1), but a vermilion flycatcher (朱) is going to help him. Since the witch is very short-sighted, the bird sits on Sheldon's shoulders acting as his head, flying down as the blade falls down while Sheldon's head is actually behind the guillotine. To the witch it looked like Sheldon's head fell down.
taxes / duties

= + : Sheldon Shrimp opened an exchange booth in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, and shortly thereafter a tax collector visits to collect the tax. Sheldon's business was rather mediocre though, so he can only offer a bowl of cereals as payment.
bright / luminous

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) started a fire (火) in the observatory's bathroom (e4) and the cheerleader (乐) is dancing happily around the bright (烁) flickering (烁) fire (火).
large / big

= + : There is a large, huge (硕) rock (石) blocking observatory's bathroom (o4). Sheldon Shrimp (shu) tries to clear it off by wrapping it in a huge (硕) sheet of paper (页) because he heard "paper beats rock". Of course it doesn't work because Sheldon is not a learned person (硕士).
surname Shuai

= + : The marshal (帅) insulted Sheldon Shrimp (shu) purposefully until Sheldon attacks him with a kitchen knife (刂) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). His attacks always miss the target though because the marshal uses a towel (巾) to evade his attacks like a matador.
(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead; to command / handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant / (coll.) cool!; sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
handsome / graceful / smart / commander in chief / (coll.) cool! / sweet!

= + : The marshal (帅) insulted Sheldon Shrimp (shu) purposefully until Sheldon attacks him with a kitchen knife (刂) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). His attacks always miss the target though because the marshal uses a towel (巾) to evade his attacks like a matador.
frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream

= + : The ent (相) wants to eat Sheldon Shrimp (shu) in front of the anglepod (ang1), and before he devours him he adds frosting (霜) to Sheldon's shell. Unfortunately it starts to rain (雨) and the whole frosting is washed off.
to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate

= + : The surgeon (术) wants to persuade Sheldon Shrimp (shu) to visit him, so he tells (述) Sheldon a bedtime story in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) about how he'll be able to wear gladiator sandals (辶) if he is willing to pay for surgery.
surname Shui
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

= + + 丿 + : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.
tree / CL:棵[ke1] / to cultivate / to set up

= + : Sheldon Shrimp cultivates a Christmas tree in the space station's bathroom. He is very happy that he found the right tree, just the one he imagined, and—in his mind—marks of the tree he imagined with a big green check mark.