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
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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to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from
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variant of 兔[tu4]
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to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
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to gather / to unite / to unify / whole
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copper (chemistry) / see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
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to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee
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variant of 吞[tun1]
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(phonetic) / declivity / steep bank
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tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
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surname Tong
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old variant of 臀[tun2]
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butt / buttocks
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suckling pig
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pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)
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pupil of the eye
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high / name of a pass
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Japanese variant of 團|团
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