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

old variant of 以[yi3]
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.
old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
variant of 燁|烨[ye4]
surname Yao
weeding tool
to soar / to fly / to float / variant of 揚|扬[yang2], to scatter / to spread
variant of 宴[yan4]
to promote / to reward
iron-gray (horse)
numeral 1 in Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1 zhou1 ma3 zi5]
used in 解㑊[xie4 yi4]
cautious
variant of 沿[yan2]
old variant of 酉[you3]
archaic variant of 進|进[jin4]
covetous / greedy / stingy
covetous; greedy; stingy
old variant of 役[yi4]