Pinyin initial: "mi"

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

Mnemonics for mi

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

Characters with mi

second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) / (coll.) instantly

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) played a prank on the smiley (少) in the aorta (ao3). She prepared a bowl of cereals (禾) for him but she glued the spoon with superglue (三秒教) to the table so that thon cannot pick it up.
to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

= + : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭).
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.
temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial

= 广 + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is about to skydive. With her parachute (广) already on her back she visits the shrine (庙) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) and donates a Cubra Libre (由) to put the god of skydiving in a good mood.
secret / secretary

= + : Khubilai Khan (必) enslaved Marilyn Monroe (mi) and now she has to serve as his secretary (秘). She has to bring him his cereals (禾) every morning into the space station's bathroom (Ø4), because Khubilai cannot do his poo-poo before he had his cereals.
variant of 秘[mi4]
used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5] / (Cantonese) what?

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is tearing up the floor in front of the elevator (e1) with a shovel (乚) and a plow (㇆) so fast that she has to squint (乜) because of all the dust and debris flying into her face.
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).

Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sack of rice.

Marilyn Monroe and the mean crocodile celebrate Christmas with a Christmas tree inside of the space station. Coincidentally they got each other the same present: each of them is giving the other one a sack of rice.
to bewilder / crazy about / fan / enthusiast / lost / confused

= + : As Marilyn Monroe (mi) is unsuspectingly walking just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she is hit by a falling sack of rice (米) so hard that she is knocked out of her gladiator sandals (辶). After she wakes up from a short coma (迷) she wonders where the sack of rice found so much gravity.
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a spray flask with one of these liquids which make a surface super slippery.

In the anthill's bathroom (an4), Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to set up a wind wheel (丆) on top of a closet (囬). Just as she tries to fix it she slips and falls down, the wind wheel crashing on the floor. She didn't notice that somebody used a can of non-stick coating (面) on the closet's surfaces (面).
variant of 麵|面[mian4]
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
clever / wonderful

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) painted a smiley (少) on the wall of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As Bessy Coleman (女) notices the smiley she is totally flabbergasted and tells Marilyn how clever (妙) she must be to paint such a wonderful (妙) smiley (少).
variant of 妙[miao4]

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) painted a smiley (少) on the wall of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). As Bessy Coleman (女) notices the smiley she is totally flabbergasted and tells Marilyn how clever (妙) she must be to paint such a wonderful (妙) smiley (少).
to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 免责说明, a disclaimer.

Marilyn Monroe and the crane are on a date in the anthill. Sun Wukong served them cocktails in two mandarins, but the cocktails are so terrible that Marilyn and the crane had to puke all over the place which ruined their date. They want to sue sun Wukong, but he just shows them the place's disclaimer telling them that he is exempted from any responsibility.
full / to fill / completely / more

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to be active for more peace and so, in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), she sends flying off dozens of peace doves (尔) using her composite bow (弓). Soon the whole kitchen is brimming with (弥) peace doves.