Pinyin initial: "du"
The Pinyin initial "du" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "du" 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 "du" can appear in.
Pinyin with du
Mnemonics for du
Du is for Doggy Dog.
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Characters with du
to seize / to take away forcibly / to wrest control of / to compete or strive for / to force one's way through / to leave out / to lose
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surname Du
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birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict
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east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord
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classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
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many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
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quiver / woolen cloth
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ton (loanword) / Taiwan pr. [dun4]
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doze / nap
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to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
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to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱
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shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
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to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly
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(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
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right / correct / couple / pair / towards / at / for / to face / opposite / to treat (sb a certain way) / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / classifier: couple
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