Pinyin initial: "yu"
The Pinyin initial "yu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "yu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by deities. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "yu" can appear in.
Mnemonics for yu
Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.
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Characters with yu
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
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to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
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to speak / to say
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variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
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moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
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to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
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person / employee / member
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circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
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commission (for middleman) / brokerage fee
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to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help
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even / well-distributed / uniform / to distribute evenly / to share
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feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
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confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out
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dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun
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room / universe
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surname Yue
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wife's parents and paternal uncles
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