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

shā
shá
shǎ
shà
shāi
shǎi
shài
shān
shǎn
shàn
shāng
shǎng
shàng
shāo
sháo
shǎo
shào
shē
shé
shě
shè
shéi
shēn
shén
shěn
shèn
shēng
shéng
shěng
shèng
shī
shí
shǐ
shì
shi
shōu
shǒu
shòu

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.

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Characters with sh

shé = sh + e2
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
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shì = sh + Ø4
(of time) to pass / to die
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shì = sh + Ø4
(of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away; to die
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shì = sh + Ø4
oath / vow / to swear / to pledge
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shí = sh + Ø2
to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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shè = sh + e4
to ascend in light steps
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shí = sh + Ø2
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shí = sh + Ø2
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
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shāng = sh + ang1
shā = sh + a1
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
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shè = sh + e4
(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern
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shā = sh + a1
shèn = sh + (e)n4
old variant of 慎[shen4]
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shèn = sh + (e)n4
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shī = sh + Ø1
shī = sh + Ø1
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
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shāi = sh + ai1
shè = sh + e4
to set up / to arrange / to establish / to found / to display
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shī = sh + Ø1
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse
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shī = sh + Ø1