Pinyin final: "an1"

The Pinyin final "an1" 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 "an1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an1

In front of the anthill.

Characters with an1

three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes.

Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the ants. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) ants stop to watch the performance.
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

= + : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
thousand

= 丿 + : The Queen of Hearts dropped a kilo on her banana in front of the anthill, and now she uses a cross to try and revive it.
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
day / sky / heaven

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

= + : Maud Younger (y) is giving René Descartes (因) fire (火) for his tobacco (烟) pipe in front of the anthill (an1).
point (of needle) / sharp / shrewd / pointed

= + : The robot (大) picked up a daisy (小) for Joan of Arc (ji) and gives it to her in front of the anthill (an1). He cut the daisy so sharply though that the Joan of Arc pricks her hand on the sharp (尖) end.
pointed; tapering; sharp / (of a sound) shrill; piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point; tip / the best of sth; the cream of the crop
pole / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
narrow pass / throat / pharynx
throat; pharynx / narrow pass
bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) cut off all the branches of a Christmas tree (木) in front of the anthill (an1) and now the tree is leaking tree gum from the cuts. To stop the bleeding, Sheldon stuffs tampons (栓) into the smaller holes and wholewheat bread (全) into the larger holes.
liver / CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4] / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

= + : When Guy Fawkes (g) inspects the moon (月) in front of the anthill (an1) he finds a few dried fruits (干) left behind by Luis Armstrong. By now they are fermented and contain a lot of alcohol. Guy Fawkes eats them happily but unfortunately soon after suffers from liver (肝) damage.
to observe / to divine
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar

= + : Ever since Don Quixote stapled a beret to his head in front of the anthill, he has these weird headaches. To fight them, he swallows lots of painkillers in form of red pills.
early / prior / former / in advance / first

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
to annihilate / abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jian1 ji1 ji1], fighter plane

= + : In front of the anthill (an1) Joan of Arc (ji) is annihilating (歼) the wicked witch (歹) by smashing her to bits with a kilo (千).