Pinyin "zha1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zha1" is split up into two parts: "zh" and "a1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zh"

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "a1"

In front of the ashram.

Characters pronounced zha1

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to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
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(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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slag (in mining or smelting) / dregs
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used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]) / Taiwan pr. [zha4]
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used for the sound "zha" in the personal names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]) / Taiwan pr. [zha4]
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(onom.) chirp, twitter, etc
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used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1] / used in 啁哳[zhao1 zha1] / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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to open out / to expand
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(hawthorn) / Chaenomeles japonica
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old variant of 齇[zha1] / rosacea
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rosacea
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