Pinyin initial: "c"
The Pinyin initial "c" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "c" 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 "c" can appear in.
Pinyin with c
Mnemonics for c
C is for the King of Chu.
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Characters with c
(variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
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ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
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material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old)
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once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
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book / booklet / classifier for books
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money / wealth / riches / property / valuables
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to confer / to bestow / to grant / Taiwan pr. [si4]
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to rub against / to walk slowly / (coll.) to freeload
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glorious / bright / brilliant / lustrous / resplendent
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to resign / to dismiss / to decline / to take leave / ballad (archaic poetic genre) / variant of 詞|词[ci2]
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old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
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the side / to incline towards / to lean / inclined / lateral / side
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this; these
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this / these
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to wait on
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next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time
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word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]
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grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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variant of 草[cao3]
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