Pinyin "huai2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "huai2" is split up into two parts: "hu" and "ai2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "hu"

Hu is for Helga Horse.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai2"

In the airplane's kitchen.

Characters pronounced huai2

徊
huái = hu + ai2
see 徘徊[pai2 huai2], to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / irresolute
徊 = 回 + 彳 : Just inside the airplane's kitchen (ai2) Helga Horse (hu) cannot decide whether or not she should return (回) back to her hometown. She already put on her black sneakers (彳) but she keeps pacing back and forth (徊).
槐
huái = hu + ai2
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree
槐 = 木 + 鬼 : Helga Horse (hu) set up a Christmas tree (木) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2), but soon after a demon (鬼) possessed it and morphed it into a Chinese scholar tree (槐).
怀
懷
huái = hu + ai2
bosom / heart / mind / to think of / to harbor in one's mind / to conceive (a child)
怀 = 不 + 忄 : Just inside the airplane's kitchen Helga Horse found out that she's pregnant. Nevertheless she already plans to continue to larp; she just puts a bid "forbidden" sign on her stomach showing that it's forbidden to hit her stomach with a flail.
怀
懷
huái = hu + ai2
surname Huai
怀 = 不 + 忄 : Just inside the airplane's kitchen Helga Horse found out that she's pregnant. Nevertheless she already plans to continue to larp; she just puts a bid "forbidden" sign on her stomach showing that it's forbidden to hit her stomach with a flail.
淮
huái = hu + ai2
name of a river
褱
huái = hu + ai2
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal
踝
huái = hu + ai2
ankle
懐
huái = hu + ai2
Japanese variant of 懷|怀[huai2]
佪
huái = hu + ai2
irresolute / to move back and forth
耲
huái = hu + ai2
(agriculture) to cultivate with a harrow
褢
huái = hu + ai2
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal