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
old variant of 深[shen1]
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spear / to cripple (literary)
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shad / Ilisha elongata
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see 鱔|鳝[shan4]
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Japanese variant of 剩[sheng4]
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unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)
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old variant of 奢[she1]
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variant of 扇[shan1]
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to drink
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rank odor (of sheep or goats)
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a flock of sheep (or goats) / old variant of 膻[shan1] / old variant of 羶[shan1]
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fruit of mulberry / also pr. [ren4]
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to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out
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have as remainder / trad. variant of 剩[sheng4]
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variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese)
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