Pinyin final: "ou3"

The Pinyin final "ou3" 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 "ou3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ou3

In the outhouse's living room.

Characters with ou3

丑

醜

chǒu = ch + ou3

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

呕

嘔

ǒu = Ø + ou3

vomit

呕 = 区 + 口 : Albert Einstein meets an alien from Area 51 in the outhouse. He wants to be nice and gives him mandarins, but since mandarins aren't alien food, he has to vomit.

纽

紐

niǔ = ni + ou3

to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)

纽 = 丑 + 纟 : The ugly ox (丑) complained about his itching belly button (纽) in front of Nefertiti (ni) in the outhouse (ou3). Promptly Nefertiti turns (纽) him around and finds that there is a silk worm (纟) looking out of his belly button (纽), which she pulls out with a wrench (纽).

偶

ǒu = Ø + ou3

accidental / image / pair / mate

偶 = 亻 + 禺 : Albert Einstein (Ø) is strolling through the outhouse (ou3) with his new mate (偶), Lord Monkey (禺), when they accidentally (偶) bump into his former mate Rosa Luxemburg (亻). They are all quite embarrassed because they weren't prepared to meet yet.

宿

xiǔ = xi + ou3

night / classifier for nights

叟

sǒu = s + ou3

old gentleman / old man

叟 = 支 + 臼 : Socrates (s) is cooking with the old gentleman (叟) in the outhouse (ou3). They use mortars (臼) to process branches (支) which they want to use to cook a soup.

帚

zhǒu = zh + ou3

broom

帚

箒

zhǒu = zh + ou3

variant of 帚[zhou3]

玖

jiǔ = ji + ou3

black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

钮

鈕