Pinyin "shou1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shou1" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "ou1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "sh"

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou1"

In front of the outhouse.

Characters pronounced shou1

收

sho̅u = sh + ou1

to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

收 = 丩 + 攵 : In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes is proud to receive a honorary sledge hammer for his fine detective work. Everyone is so afraid of him that they hand him the sledge hammer from far away using a roast fork.

収

sho̅u = sh + ou1

variant of 收[shou1]

収 = 丩 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a radio receiver.

In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes wants to improve the range of his radio receiver, so he adds very long roast forks as antennas. To make them safe he shoves boxing gloves over their pointy ends.