Pinyin initial: "pu"

The Pinyin initial "pu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "pu" 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 "pu" can appear in.

Mnemonics for pu

Pu is for Petra Penguin.

Characters with pu

plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.
variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names
servant

= + : Petra Pinguin (pu) is acting as Rosa Luxemburg's (亻) servant (仆) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but because she is very sloppy, Rosa often beats her with a voodoo staff (卜).
to fall forward / to fall prostrate

= + : After a long day at work Petra Penguin (pu) leaves the space station (Ø1), stumbles over a voodoo staff (卜) and falls forward (仆). On earth she would just fall prostrate (仆), but in outer space she just continues tumbling on and on until Rosa Luxemburg (亻) comes to her rescue.
variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).
to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over

= + : Petra penguin (p-) flaps about outside the space station's entrance (Ø1) in an attempt to throw herself at the bone with feather attached (卜). However, Penelope poodle (-u1 sound) is quicker to the prize and pounces on the bone first using her toy claw (扌). It's hard to imagine why someone would devote one's energies (扑) towards such fruitless activities. Who could forecast (卜) what would happen next?
Bodhisattva
general / popular / everywhere / universal

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 斯普特尼克, Sputnik the satellite.

Petra Penguin is really angry at the sun for heating up earth's poles. In the space station she tries to kill the sun with a combine harvester, but the sun defends itself by flinging Sputnik replicas at Petra.
chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is having Sputnik (普) chart the spectra (谱) he recorded draw on an advertising column (讠) in the space station (Ø3). Petra will use this information to create a musical score (谱).
waterfall

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is suffering from a cruel (暴) disease, inflammation of the bladder. Every so often she thinks she really has to go to the space station's bathroom (Ø4) thinking that she'll pee a waterfall (瀑), but instead when she pees into the water bottle (氵) she can only pee a few drops at a time.
to air / to sun

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is being tortured in a very cruel (暴) way in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She has no way to escape the sun (日) and is baking under the sun (曝) non-stop.
variant of 墣, clod or lump of earth

= + : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Petra Penguin (pu) is beating a pile of dirt (土) with a voodoo staff (卜) to give it some form and make it into a round lump of earth (圤).
variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / store

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).
plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) prepared a new display (铺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He used golden harpoons (钅) to pin down Petra Penguin (pu) on a plank bed (铺).
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
surname Pu
river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)
extensive / pervading

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.
surname Pu

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.
crawl / lie prostrate

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) trained Petra Penguin (pu) to lie prostrate (匍) under an elephant (勹) on his command just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He did so by lying prostrate under the elephant himself (匍).