Pinyin initial: "sh"
The Pinyin initial "sh" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "sh" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by men. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "sh" can appear in.
Pinyin with sh
Mnemonics for sh
Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.
Prompt snippets
Sherlock Holmes is a tall, lean man with sharp, intelligent features and piercing eyes that miss nothing. He typically wears a deerstalker hat, an Inverness cape, and carries a curved pipe, exuding an air of precise, analytical brilliance. His expression is cool and calculating, suggesting a mind always at work solving hidden mysteries.
Characters with sh
to show / to reveal
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to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department
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to lose / to miss / to fail
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old variant of 捨|舍[she3]
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to give up; to abandon / to give alms
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to give up / to abandon / to give alms
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surname Shan
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victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)
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ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous
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to injure / injury / wound
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to stretch / to extend
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to serve / to attend upon
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to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)
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to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger
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history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
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surname Shi
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