Pinyin "shuan1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shuan1" is split up into two parts: "shu" and "an1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "shu"

Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an1"

In front of the anthill.

Characters pronounced shuan1

栓

shua̅n = shu + an1

bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin

栓 = 木 + 全 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) cut off all the branches of a Christmas tree (木) in front of the anthill (an1) and now the tree is leaking tree gum from the cuts. To stop the bleeding, Sheldon stuffs tampons (栓) into the smaller holes and wholewheat bread (全) into the larger holes.

拴

shua̅n = shu + an1

to tie up

闩

閂

shua̅n = shu + an1

bolt / latch / to bolt / to latch