Pinyin "guo1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "guo1" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "o1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "gu"

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "o1"

In front of the observatory.

Characters pronounced guo1

郭

guo̅ = gu + o1

surname Guo

郭 = 享 + 阝 : The Imperator (阝) is enjoying a drink (享) next to the outer city wall (郭) in front of the observatory (o1). He doesn't notice Gitta Giraffe (gu) also enjoying his drink from outside by stretching her long neck over the outer city wall.

郭

guo̅ = gu + o1

outer city wall

呙

咼

guo̅ = gu + o1

surname Guo

锅

鍋

guo̅ = gu + o1

pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

锅 = 呙 + 钅 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) wants to cook some food in front of the observatory (o1). She has a pot (锅), but not a fireplace, so she quickly makes a fire and uses three golden harpoons (钅) to provide a base for her pot. The three golden harpoons stick with very different angles in the earth, so the pot sits on the fire very lopsided (呙).

涡

渦

guo̅ = gu + o1

name of a river

崞

guo̅ = gu + o1

name of a mountain

啯

嘓

guo̅ = gu + o1

sound of swallowing / croak

埚