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 fan / to slap sb on the face
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fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc
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to fan into a flame / to incite
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sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
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to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
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to teach / to instruct / to award / to give
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(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint
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who / also pr. [shui2]
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to sell / to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
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to continue / to carry on
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member of gentry
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cotton yarn / muslin
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"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)
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decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
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to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode
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"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)
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ginseng / one of the 28 constellations
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variant of 參|参[shen1]
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variant of 參|参[shen1]
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