Pinyin initial: "zu"
The Pinyin initial "zu" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "zu" 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 "zu" can appear in.
Mnemonics for zu
Zu is for Zapatista Zebra.
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Characters with zu
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]
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to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax
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foot / to be sufficient / ample
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left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]
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surname Zuo
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to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany
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seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
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soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
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race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
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school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
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footprint / trace / tracks
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worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)
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to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
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yesterday
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general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
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always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case
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rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
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to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
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