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.
Pinyin with shu
Mnemonics for shu
Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.
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Characters with shu
two / double / pair / both / even (number)
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uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
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heat / hot weather / summer heat
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to forgive
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office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange
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daybreak / dawn / the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor) / Taiwan pr. [shu4]
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to lead / to command / rash / hasty / frank / straightforward / generally / usually
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surname Shu
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to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely
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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)
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to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
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variant of 說|说[shuo1]
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to persuade
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variant of 薯[shu3]
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potato / yam
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to throw down / to fall / to drop and break
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to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve
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to tie up
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to redeem / to ransom
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