Pinyin initial: "qi"

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

Mnemonics for qi

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

Characters with qi

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to me the character 且 looks like a shelf.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) bought a new shelf (且) for all her flutes (一) and set it up in the elevator's living room (e3). Because she is a queen (qi) and needs an extravagant shelf, she installed several Eye of Providences (目) to give the flutes extravagant lighting.
thousand

= 丿 + : The Queen of Hearts dropped a kilo on her banana in front of the anthill, and now she uses a cross to try and revive it.
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields

= 丿 + + : In front of the outhouse, the Queen of Hearts set up a mound for her relatives. She also put a gate in front of it where the two pillars are a banana and a dinosaur bone respectively, and the horizontal beam is a steel beam.
variant of 丘[qiu1] / hillock
surname Qiu
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)

= + : Looks like a watchtower. The Queen of Hearts is on lookout on the watchtower just inside the space station's entrance. The Eye of Providence helps her to look out for intruders. They also spread some eight balls for possible intruders to trip on.
autumn / fall / harvest time

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
old variant of 秋[qiu1]
strange / odd / weird / wonderful / surprisingly / unusually

= + : Mnemonic symbol: cappuccino (卡布奇诺)

The Queen of Hearts (qi) craves a cappuccino (奇) just inside the entrance of the space station (Ø2), and the robot (大) has one in his robot hands. He will give it to the Queen of Hearts under one weird (奇) condition: she shall prove that she's worth to receive the cappuccino by sitting on a bed of nails (可). The Queen agrees and pretends to be in much vain, but really she's just pretending since there is no gravity in the space station.
variant of 棋[qi2]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
chess / chess-like game / a game of chess / CL:盤|盘[pan2] / chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
variant of 棋[qi2]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
prisoner

= + : In the 18th century Neanderthal men (人) were kept like prisoners (囚) in plastic enclosures (囗) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2).
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]

= + : Recently the Queen of Hearts (qi) has become an astronomer. In front of the space station (Ø1) she sits on top of a watchtower (其) and watches the moon (月). From the moon's movement around the tower she wants to calculate its period and phase (期). She didn't consider though that not only the moon is orbiting around her, she is also orbiting the moon.
variant of 期[qi1] / period / cycle

= + : Recently the Queen of Hearts (qi) has become an astronomer. In front of the space station (Ø1) she sits on top of a watchtower (其) and watches the moon (月). From the moon's movement around the tower she wants to calculate its period and phase (期). She didn't consider though that not only the moon is orbiting around her, she is also orbiting the moon.
good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and the Queen of Hearts meet the little prince in the aorta's bathroom, and they are overwhelmed by his charm. They just can't stop to adore his golden hair and overall cuteness, much to the little prince's frustration.
to plan a project / to stand on tiptoe / Taiwan pr. [qi4] / abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3 ye4]

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) and Neanderthal Man (人) plan (企) to open a business (企) inside of the space station (Ø3). Their plan is to produce barriers (止) and send them down to earth.
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi

= + 丿 + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) built a drum and a gong (齐). She made the drum by carving a hole into a big book (文) and spanning a hide over the hole very evenly (齐). The gong also consists of a huge book which has been cast in bronze, and its surface is quite even (齐). She can readily beat the drum using a dinosaur bone (丨), but when she strikes the gong with a banana (丿), the gong doesn't make any sound. The drum is ready, but the gong is not.