Pinyin final: "(e)ng4"

The Pinyin final "(e)ng4" 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 "(e)ng4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)ng4

In the engine's bathroom.

Characters with (e)ng4

重
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
heavy / serious / to attach importance to
重 = 千 + 里 : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.
中
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
另
lìng = li + (e)ng4
other / another / separate / separately
另 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: to separate two liquids, one can use a distiller.

In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) Li Qingzhao (li) wants to distill a liquor (另) out of mandarins (口). She puts the mandarins in the distiller and hits the power button (力).
兴
興
xìng = xi + (e)ng4
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.
兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.
种
種
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to plant / to grow / to cultivate
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
crowd; multitude / many; numerous
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
众
眾
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
many / numerous / crowd / multitude
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
众
衆
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
横
橫
hèng = h + (e)ng4
harsh and unreasonable / unexpected
奉
fèng = f + (e)ng4
to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
奉 = 丰 + ㇏ + 干 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) has been locked into a golden cage (丰) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for several days now. His captors are worshiping (奉) and serving (奉) him though and often offer (奉) dried fruits (干) which they give him from a proper distance using a long finger (㇏).
用
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore
用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.
用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?
胜
勝
shèng = sh + (e)ng4
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
胜 = 月 + 生 : Sherlock Holmes and the moon both participate in a competition in the engine's bathroom. They have to rock a cradle each and whoever rocks most is the winner.
贡
貢
gòng = gu + (e)ng4
surname Gong
贡 = 工 + 贝 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is offering a tribute (贡) to her god in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The tribute is a crab (贝) at the high tip of a steel beam (工) which has been rammed into the ground.
贡
貢
gòng = gu + (e)ng4
to offer tribute / tribute / gifts
贡 = 工 + 贝 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is offering a tribute (贡) to her god in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The tribute is a crab (贝) at the high tip of a steel beam (工) which has been rammed into the ground.
赠
贈
zèng = z + (e)ng4
to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
赠 = 曾 + 贝 : In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) Zorro (z) is giving a firefly (曾) to the crab (贝) as a present (赠), and the crab promptly eats the firefly.
仲
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
surname Zhong
仲 = 中 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
仲
zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers
仲 = 中 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
佣
yòng = yu + (e)ng4
commission (for middleman) / brokerage fee
蹭
cèng = c + (e)ng4
to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload
蹭 = 足 + 曾 : The firefly (曾) is too lazy to fly on its own. To get to the other side of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) it is freeloading (蹭) by hanging on to a football (足) thrown by the King of Chu (c).