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
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
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sand / gravel / granule / variant of 沙[sha1]
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old variant of 上[shang4]
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to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
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to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
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hog / swine
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mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
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(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
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variant of 曬|晒[shai4]
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to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
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head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc
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room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
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surname Shi
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see 似的[shi4 de5]
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market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]
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persimmon
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