Pinyin initial: "tu"
The Pinyin initial "tu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "tu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by animals. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "tu" can appear in.
Pinyin with tu
Mnemonics for tu
Tu is for Tommy Turtle.
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Characters with tu
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round / lump / ball / to roll into a ball / to gather / regiment / group / society / classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
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earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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to vomit / to throw up
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to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)
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to swallow / to take
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disciple; apprentice; believer / on foot / bare; empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
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surname Tu
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disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare or empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
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to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
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to station (soldiers) / to store up / village
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to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from
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surname Tong
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see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
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like / same / similar / together / alike / with
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tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
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variant of 筒[tong3]
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variant of 兔[tu4]
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