Pinyin initial: "lu"

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

Mnemonics for lu

Lu is for Lenny Lemur.

Characters with lu

in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary

= + : It's hard for Lenny Lemur to not go crazy in the anthill's bathroom: Uncountable tongues are leaping right from the abyss to reach for Lenny Lemur, who has only a shovel to defend his heart and soul.
patrol

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is patrolling the observatory's kitchen (o2) in his patrol boat (逻). He is patrolling three gates: behind two of the gates there is one pile of gauze (罗) respectively, but behind the last door there is a pair of beautiful gladiator sandals (辶). He will ask any visitor to choose one of the gates, then open another one and show the gauze behind it. Any visitor who doesn't get the logic (逻) why it is better to choose the remaining gate then is not allowed to enter the castle.
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) prepared dim sum in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As the dragon (龙) smells the dim sum he wants to try some, but Lenny Lemur (lu) covers (笼) the flat bamboo basket (笼) with a bamboo stick (⺮) to prevent the dragon from stealing the dim sum.
to cover / to cage / covering / also pr. [long2]
radish
rush / reed / Phragmites communis

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is growing reed (芦) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). His garden has a nice wooden swinging door (户) and the soil consists of shredded artificial lawn (艹).
stove / furnace

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is firing (火) his stove (炉) with a wooden swinging door (户) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2).
net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) seeks to improve his WiFi (络) signal in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He uses a silk worm (纟) as antenna, but he still has only one star (各) reception.
Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) and Neanderthal Man (人) arranged (仑) a big ladle (匕) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and filled it with blackcurrant berries (仑). They are stomping on the berries to get the juice out and create wine from it.
(old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a ruby.

Lenny Lemur (lu) discovered that there is a ghost (尸) floating through the space station's kitchen (Ø2) every night. Lenny started to camp the ghost and shoot the pennant (⺊) at the top of its head with an arrow to sell the pennant shards for a lot of rubies (卢).
surname Lu / abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]
common perch / bass
good fortune / official salary
foot of a hill
gong / CL:面[mian4]
short name for Gansu province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
rapids / waterfall / torrential (rain)
hut
beautiful jade