Pinyin initial: "yu"
The Pinyin initial "yu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "yu" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by deities. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "yu" can appear in.
Pinyin with yu
Mnemonics for yu
Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.
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Characters with yu
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surname Yue
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wife's parents and paternal uncles
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high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
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the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology) / rhyme / appeal / charm / (literary) pleasant sound
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(classical) to say
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cloud / CL:朵[duo3]
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surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
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to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate
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just / fair / to permit / to allow
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rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
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(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
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far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)
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to distance oneself from (classical)
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to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
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forever / always / perpetual
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to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
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