Pinyin final: "ou1"
The Pinyin final "ou1" 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 "ou1" can appear in.
Mnemonics for ou1
In front of the outhouse.
Characters with ou1
mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / surname Qiu
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially
周
=
⺆
+
土
+
口
:
Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).
to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
surname Xiu
pocket / bag / to wrap up or hold in a bag / to move in a circle / to canvas or solicit / to take responsibility for / to disclose in detail / combat armor (old)
after all / to investigate / to study carefully / Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
究
=
九
+
穴
:
Joan of Arc (ji) is carefully studying (究) cave paintings (穴) that have appeared over night in front of the outhouse (ou1) using mass spectrometry. She carves off a little of the paintings and puts them in the mass spectrometer. As it emits a huge cloud nine (九), the spectrometer shows on the display that the main component is love.
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
archaic variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]
This one also looks like a fork, but don't mix it up with 山, which is a normal eating fork. This one is more of a roast fork.
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)