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

党
黨
dǎng = d + ang3
surname Dang
党 = ⺌ + 冖 + 兄 : Apollo (兄) is trying to convince Don Quixote (d) to join the party (党) in the anglepod (ang3). To make the people come to his info booth he prepared aloe vera (⺌) snacks on a cooking top (冖).
党
黨
dǎng = d + ang3
party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4]
党 = ⺌ + 冖 + 兄 : Apollo (兄) is trying to convince Don Quixote (d) to join the party (党) in the anglepod (ang3). To make the people come to his info booth he prepared aloe vera (⺌) snacks on a cooking top (冖).
逮
dǎi = d + ai3
(coll.) to catch / to seize
逮
dài = d + ai4
(literary) to arrest / to seize / to overtake / until
逮 = 辶 + 隶 : Don Quixote (d) arrests (逮) the seated scribe (隶) as the scribe is sitting on the royal toilet in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for stealing the royal gladiator sandals (辶).
带
帶
dài = d + ai4
band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
带 = 卅 + 冖 + 巾 : Don Quixote purchased thirty cooking tops in the airplane's bathroom to build new armor out of them. Now the question is: how does he get them home? Finally he has a good idea: He spreads out a towel on the floor, stacks the thirty cooking tops as a pyramid and pulls the towel with a belt. It works! This way he can bring them back to his place.
底
de = d + e5
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
诞
誕
dàn = d + an4
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
诞 = 延 + 讠 : Don Quixote (d) is celebrating his birthday (诞) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a big display mounted on an advertising column (讠) to talk to Santa Clause (诞) on a video call, but he is experiencing a lot of lag (延).
德
dé = d + e2
virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind
德 = 彳 + 十 + 皿 + 一 + 心 : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
德
悳
dé = d + e2
variant of 德[de2]
德 = 彳 + 十 + 皿 + 一 + 心 : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
德
惪
dé = d + e2
variant of 德[de2]
德 = 彳 + 十 + 皿 + 一 + 心 : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
德
dé = d + e2
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
德 = 彳 + 十 + 皿 + 一 + 心 : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
盗
盜
dào = d + ao4
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber
盗 = 次 + 皿 : Don Quixote (d) caught a pirate (盗) rob (盗) a valuable shallow bowl (皿) out of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As punishment he puts the robber into the cube (次).
登
de̅ng = d + (e)ng1
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
登 = 癶 + 豆 : To finance his adventures, Don Quixote (d) signed a sponsorship contract with a famous company producing canned beans (豆). In front of the engine ((e)ng1) he is scaling (登) a mountain of canned beans while wearing sexy nylons (癶). The character 登 depicts Don Quixote's legs (in nylons) standing on the mountain of canned beans.
澄
dèng = d + (e)ng4
(of liquid) to settle / to become clear
澄 = 氵 + 登 : Don Quixote (d) built a complex tower of water bottles (氵) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He set it up so that the water from one bottle is flowing into the next, and as impurities settle (澄) on the bottom of the bottles the water gets clearer and clearer (澄). To retrieve the cleanest water he has to climb (登) to the top of the tower though.
凳
櫈
dèng = d + (e)ng4
variant of 凳[deng4]
凳
dèng = d + (e)ng4
bench / stool
瞪
dèng = d + (e)ng4
to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at
瞪 = 登 + 目 : Don Quixote (d) mounted (登) the Eye of Providence (目) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). As Don Quixote is standing motionless on the eye they are both staring (瞪) at each other.
蹬
de̅ng = d + (e)ng1
to step on / to tread on / to wear (shoes) / (slang) to dump (sb) / Taiwan pr. [deng4]
蹬 = ⻊ + 登 : Don Quixote (d) wants to mount (登) a cowboy boot (⻊) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but realistically he is merely stepping (蹬) on it.
戴
dài = d + ai4
surname Dai
戴 = 𢦏 + 異 : Don Quixote (d) cuts himself in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Immediately he uses his secret strange superpower (異) and sews the wound (𢦏) using his laser vision. Because he is so cool he puts on (戴) sunglasses afterwards.
戴
dài = d + ai4
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support
戴 = 𢦏 + 異 : Don Quixote (d) cuts himself in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Immediately he uses his secret strange superpower (異) and sews the wound (𢦏) using his laser vision. Because he is so cool he puts on (戴) sunglasses afterwards.