Pinyin final: "an4"

The Pinyin final "an4" 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 "an4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an4

In the anthill's bathroom.

Characters with an4

dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A big mug, since many people start the day with a mug of coffee.

Don Quixote (d) meets the sun (日) early in the morning (旦) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Don Quixote is full of energy and can't wait to start into a new adventure, but since the sun is a morning grouch who only just started drinking her mug of coffee (mnemonic symbol for 旦) she cannot stand it and beats him over the head with a flute (一) to calm him a bit down.
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.
suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)

= + : The ants have set up a toy suburb (甸) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), including a field (田). It's Dorothy Gale's (di) job to till the field (田) riding on top of an elephant (勹) every day.
drought

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a marmot, 旱獭.

Hamlet (h) used the drought (旱) to dry fruits (干) under the sun (日) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but the marmot (旱) secretly stole and ate all the dried fruits.
to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across

= + : Chantal Chicken opened a secret popup store in the anthill's bathroom. She prepared lots of skewers using mandarins and dinosaur bones. After she finishes the last one, she lets everyone know by playing a pitchpipe.
to hope for / to long for / to expect

= + : Pinocchio (p) has been occupying the anthill's toilet (an4) for quite some time now, and the Eye of Providence (目) seriously hopes (盼) for Pinocchio to finish soon. The Eye of Providence is already looking at a stop watch (分) to see how long Pinocchio actually blocked the toilet, but it expects him to come out any minute (分) now.
to weld / to solder

= + : The marmot (旱) is considering to move in with Hamlet (h) and visits him in the anthill's bathroom (an4). To welcome the marmot, Hamlet is welding (焊) a steel sculpture displaying the words "to pee or not to pee!". The sparks caused by the welding set the whole anthill on fire (火) though and so the marmot runs back to its burrow.
variant of 焊[han4]
variant of 焊[han4]
variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

= + : Maud Younger (y) and René Descartes (因) are preparing to swallow (咽) a whole mandarin each (口) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
to swallow

= + : Maud Younger (y) and René Descartes (因) are preparing to swallow (咽) a whole mandarin each (口) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with

= + : Beelzebub wants to start a business (开办) in the anthill's bathroom. He sets up a vending machine which, upon the push of a power button, sells eight-balls.
but / yet / however / only / merely / still

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and Don Quixote meet each other in the early morning in the anthill's bathroom, but they both only started their morning coffee (which is in their mugs) and are not in the mood to talk yet.
item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc

= + : Joan of Arc and Rosa Luxemburg want to use the anthill's bathroom, but there is a bull blocking the way. He posed them a riddle, and as long as they can't deliver the item or component he asked for to fulfill this quest, he won't let them pass.
to take possession of / to occupy / to take up

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a yellow umbrella. James II of England occupies the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses a pennant (⺊) stuck into a mandarin (口) to mark his territory, and stands there proudly with a yellow umbrella (占).
variant of 占[zhan4]
plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards

便 = + : Brunhilde lost her mobile phone! When Rosa Luxemburg helps her to find it by calling Brunhilde's phone, they discover that it must be inside the snake that ate an elephant which is lying in the anthill's bathroom. Together they open the snake's mouth to see wether they can find it.

便 = + : "Handy" is a German word for "mobile phone", so that's what I will represent this character with.
inn; old-style hotel / (bound form) shop; store / CL:家[jia1]
inn / shop / store / CL:家[jia1]

= + 广 : Dorothy Gale parachutes into anthill's bathroom. She immediately occupies it (marking the territory with a flag) to open her store.
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).