Pinyin "yong1"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yong1" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "(e)ng1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "yu"
Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng1"
In front of the engine.
Characters pronounced yong1
to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help
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to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
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to hold / to embrace / to wrap around / to gather around (sb) / to throng / to swarm / to support / Taiwan pr. [yong3]
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ordinary / to use
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surname Yong
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old variant of 雍[yong1]
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harmony
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Yong River (Guangxi) / short name for Nanning (Guangxi)
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city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1]
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fortified wall / city wall
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to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant
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lethargic
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see 臃腫|臃肿[yong1 zhong3]
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see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]
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