Pinyin "xu1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "xu1" is split up into two parts: "xu" and "Ø1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "xu"

Xu is for Xu Xian.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced xu1

multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves
to boast / great / large
(literary) ability and wisdom / scheme / stratagem
breathe on / yawn / roar
(dialect) elder sister (old)
dawn
(literary) to blow or breathe upon / happy
suddenly / also pr. [hu1]
to snort
variant of 欻[xu1]
sound of flaying
fine silk
old variant of 虛|虚[xu1]
bound form used in 蜙蝑[song1 xu1]
see T裇[T xu1]
bolt of a Chinese lock
black / see 黑魖魖[hei1 xu1 xu1]