Pinyin initial: "d"

The Pinyin initial "d" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "d" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by men. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "d" can appear in.

Mnemonics for d

D is for Don Quixote.

Characters with d

等
děng = d + (e)ng3
class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once
等 = ⺮ + 寺 : Inside of the engine, Don Quixote is praying in front of a Buddhist shrine. He brought a bamboo stick as offer, and he lighted it at the very top. Now he's waiting for the stick to burn down so he can go home. However, the stick is very long: Don Quixote will have to wait for a long time.
弹
彈
dàn = d + an4
crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball
弹 = 单 + 弓 : Don Quixote (d) is preparing a bullet (弹) list in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but he took the term a little too literally. To create the bullet points on his list (单), he is trying to shoot bullets (弹) at the list using a composite bow (弓).
当
當
da̅ng = d + ang1
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
当 = 小 + 彐 : Don Quixote opposes a dangerous pit bull in front of the anglepod, and he tries to calm him down with a daisy.
当 = 小 + 彐 : This character looks like an angry pitbull. 小 forms the eyes and maybe nose, and 彐 are the dangerous teeth.
当
當
dàng = d + ang4
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)
当
噹
da̅ng = d + ang1
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)
当 = 小 + 彐 : Don Quixote opposes a dangerous pit bull in front of the anglepod, and he tries to calm him down with a daisy.
当 = 小 + 彐 : This character looks like an angry pitbull. 小 forms the eyes and maybe nose, and 彐 are the dangerous teeth.
档
檔
dǎng = d + ang3
(Tw) variant of 擋|挡[dang3], gear
档
檔
dàng = d + ang4
official records / grade (of goods) / file / records / shelves / slot / gap / crosspiece / classifier for crosspieces / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3]
档 = 当 + 木 : Don Quixote (d) found that he got the new folders he wanted for Christmas, but he also finds the shreds that the angry pitbull (当) made out of them under the Christmas tree (木) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Don Quixote leaps towards the Christmas tree anyway to save (档) what can be saved.
刂
da̅o = d + ao1
Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
到
dào = d + ao4
to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
到 = 刂 + 至 : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.
到
dào = d + ao4
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
倒
dǎo = d + ao3
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
倒 = 亻 + 到 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) arrived (到) in the aorta (ao3) and is greeted by Don Quixote (d), who, clumsily, topples and falls on to the ground (倒) right before Rosa when he actually wants to hug her.
倒
dào = d + ao4
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
怠
dài = d + ai4
idle / lazy / negligent / careless
怠 = 台 + 心 : Don Quixote (d) got a job working at the counter (台) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but he is very lazy and slacking off (怠) because he left his heart (心) at home.
道
dào = d + ao4
road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
道 = 辶 + 首 : The chief and Don Quixote decided to follow the path of the Dao in the aorta's bathroom. They wear gladiator sandals and meditate sitting on the floor of the bathroom, envisioning the path to enlightment.
达
達
dá = d + a2
to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate / eminent
达 = 大 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: signing of an agreement which has been reached.
达 = 大 + 辶 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen, the robot and Don Quixote have reached an agreement and are just about to sign it. They agreed that in their home the lighthouse, they won't wear normal shoes but only gladiator sandals.
达
達
dá = d + a2
surname Da
达 = 大 + 辶 : Just inside the ashram's kitchen, the robot and Don Quixote have reached an agreement and are just about to sign it. They agreed that in their home the lighthouse, they won't wear normal shoes but only gladiator sandals.
达 = 大 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: signing of an agreement which has been reached.
豆
dòu = d + ou4
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel
豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.
豆
荳
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 豆[dou4]
逗
dòu = d + ou4
to stay / to stop / to tease (play with) / amusing / short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])
逗 = 豆 + 辶 : Don Quixote (d) is teasing (逗) everyone in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) by sneakily inserting beans (豆) into their gladiator sandals (辶) when they're not looking.
逗
dòu = d + ou4
to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])