Pinyin "bo1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "bo1" is split up into two parts: "b" and "o1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "b"

B is for Beelzebub.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "o1"

In front of the observatory.

Characters pronounced bo1

玻

bo̅ = b + o1

glass

玻 = 王 + 皮 : In front of the observatory (o1), Beelzebub (b) sold a set of beer glasses (玻) to Martin Luther King (王) for a very good price. As Martin wants to leave Beelzebub tells him that by buying the glasses, he automatically agreed to buy the very expensive drip mats made from a cow's hide (皮).

拨

撥

bo̅ = b + o1

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

拨 = 发 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) wants to leave observatory (o1), but outside he finds that a long hair (发) is blocking his way. He tries to push it aside (拨) with a toy claw (扌), but to no avail. Finally he has no other choice but to dial (拨) a barber to get rid of the hair.

波

bo̅ = b + o1

wave / ripple / storm / surge

波 = 氵 + 皮 : Before entering observatory every visitor has to take off their shoes, so there are a lot of leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1). Beelzebub (b) cannot miss the opportunity to make a huge wave (波) by pouring his water bottle (氵) and to flush away all the shoes.

波

bo̅ = b + o1

Poland / Polish / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]