Pinyin "lai2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lai2" is split up into two parts: "l" 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 "l"

L is for Sir Lancelot.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai2"

In the airplane's kitchen.

Characters pronounced lai2


= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album

= + : The mailwoman (来) delivered a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) to Lancelot (l) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2), but now a fat hen (莱) is sleeping on it. Lancelot will have to fight the fat hen if he wants to claim the sheet of artificial lawn.
name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齊|齐
to confer / to bestow on an inferior / to reward