Pinyin initial: "ru"

The Pinyin initial "ru" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "ru" 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 "ru" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ru

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

Characters with ru

to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / to confirm or agree with / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a big enter button.

= 丿 + : Some aliens have disguised themselves as banana and float by the space station's bathroom. Rachel Rhinoceros sees them and because she loves bananas, she presses a big enter button with her finger to let them enter.
to hold / to contain / to allow / to tolerate / appearance / look / countenance

= + : 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.
surname Rong

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a food container.

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros prepares some popcorn in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. She is using a food container which she closes with a graduation cap.
weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
weak / feeble / young / inferior / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) created a piece of art in the observatory's bathroom (o4). She joined many composite bows (弓) by sticking their ends into popsicles (冫) which weren frozen again afterwards. Her whole construction is a huge armchair, but it is very fragile and weak (弱), so Rachel puts on it many of these "handle with care" stickers.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
as / as if / such as

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.

= + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.
variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
soft / flexible

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.
variant of 冗[rong3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.
glory / honor / thriving

= + + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the cooking top (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.
surname Rong

= + + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is striving for honor and glory (荣) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) by participating in a cooking contest. She knows she'll win because she is just about to prepare her special recipe. She already put a Christmas tree (木) in her cooking pot and is just about to lift the cooking top (冖) to add some artificial lawn (艹) to her soup.
to seem / like / as / if

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a wooden chicken as in 呆若木鸡, "dumb as a wooden chicken".

A nazi wants to beat up a wooden chicken in the observatory's bathroom for being different, but just as he charges across a sheet of artificial lawn Rachel Rhinoceros pulls she sheet from under his feet and lets him topple head-first to the ground. She thinks that the nazi is truly as dumb as a wooden chicken.
to dissolve / soluble

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) is making a smoothie in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She put her food in a food container (容) and pours a bottle of water (氵) over it. Because her food is soluble (溶) the mix turns into a slurry.
acute

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) works in a cash exchange booth (兑) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Every day she is very acutely (锐) watching her customers as they count their money, always having an impressive golden harpoon (钅) at her side just to feel safe.
scholar / Confucian

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) wants to become a Confucian (儒) scholar (儒) and study under Rosa Luxemburg (亻), but on her first day when she is on duty in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) she forgot her cowl and instead makes up with a rain cape (需).
disgrace / dishonor / to insult / to bring disgrace or humiliation to / to be indebted to / self-deprecating / Taiwan pr. [ru4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a dunce cap.

Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) misbehaved in the space station (Ø3) and is not allowed to eat a piece of the birthday cake (辰) that all the other children eat. Instead, for bringing disgrace (辱) to the space station, she has to wear a dunce cap (辱) and stand in the corner. She still thinks her prank was funny though, so she secretly thumbs up (寸) to herself.
old variant of 融[rong2]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) and the mosquito (虫) are joining forces to enter the financial market (融) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To foresee what they should invest in they are using an iron cauldron (鬲) to melt (融) lead and perform molybdomancy.
to melt / to thaw / to blend / to merge / to be in harmony

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) and the mosquito (虫) are joining forces to enter the financial market (融) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To foresee what they should invest in they are using an iron cauldron (鬲) to melt (融) lead and perform molybdomancy.