Pinyin "chen2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "chen2" is split up into two parts: "ch" and "(e)n2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ch"
Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n2"
In the encampment's kitchen.
Characters pronounced chen2
dust / dirt / earth
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale
to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
morning / dawn / daybreak
state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
surname Chen
variant of 沉[chen2]
imperial apartments
sincerity / honesty
faithful / sincere
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
brazier