Pinyin initial: "y"

The Pinyin initial "y" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "y" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "y" can appear in.

Mnemonics for y

Y is for Maud Younger.

Characters with y

to lose / to leave behind / to omit / to bequeath / sth lost / involuntary discharge (of urine etc)

= + : Sometimes, just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), Maud Younger (y) woefully thinks of her lost (遗) treasure chest (贵). It was filled to the top with gladiator sandals (辶); but it was too heavy to bring to the space station, so she had to leave it behind.
(bound form) to leave behind
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).
friend

= 𠂇 + : Maud Younger (y) is unable to take off her boxing gloves (又) in the outhouse's living room (ou3) on her own! Fortunately, a friend (友) comes over and helps her to take off the gloves by cutting them with a pair of scissors (𠂇).
to smelt / to cast / seductive in appearance
head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is collecting the most outstanding husks (颖) from a bowl of cereals (禾) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is collecting the best husks using a ladle (匕) and puts them neatly next to each other on a sheet of paper (页).
variant of 夜[ye4]

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: 夜壶, chamber pot.

In the middle of the night, Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg bump into each other as they are emptying their chamber pot in the elevator's bathroom. They covered their chamber pots with a petal leaf and a beret respectively, and as they carry them they take care to walk very slowly in their high heels.
night

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: 夜壶, chamber pot.

In the middle of the night, Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg bump into each other as they are emptying their chamber pot in the elevator's bathroom. They covered their chamber pots with a petal leaf and a beret respectively, and as they carry them they take care to walk very slowly in their high heels.
mother's sister / aunt

= + : Maud Younger's (y) aunt (姨) and her boyfriend are visiting Bessie Coleman (女) and Maud in the space station. As they enter (Ø2), Maud and Bessie find out that Maud's aunt's new boyfriend is one of the barbarians (夷) who tried to enter the space station a while ago.
marriage connections

= + : Maud Younger (y) marries (姻) Bessie Coleman (女) and René Descartes (因) ex officio in front of the encampment ((e)n1).
variant of 姻[yin1]

= + : Maud Younger (y) marries (姻) Bessie Coleman (女) and René Descartes (因) ex officio in front of the encampment ((e)n1).
infant / baby

= + : Maud Younger (y) and Bessie Coleman (女) are taking care of their two baby (婴) crabs (贝) by watching them playing in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
to demand / to request / to coerce
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

= + : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.
waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins

= + : Maud Younger (y) is teaching the moon (月) how to dance in front of the aorta (ao1). She tells him again and again that he absolutely has to (要) use his hips (腰) more, as it is very important (要).
to escape / leisurely / outstanding
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]

= + : Maud Younger and the pope want to help the good people of the anglepod and install some solar power (太阳能) panels just inside the anglepod's kitchen. The sun helps them to generate positive electric charges by shining its rays (阳光) on the panel.
surname Yin

= + : Maud Younger (y) and the pope (阝) are out for a walk in front of the encampment ((e)n1). They are surprised that it is so dark and think that it must be quite cloudy (阴), but it is just the moon (月) which is floating above them and shielding off the sun.