Pinyin "bai1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "bai1" is split up into two parts: "b" and "ai1". 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 "ai1"

In front of the airplane.

Characters pronounced bai1

掰

ba̅i = b + ai1

to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

掰 = 手 + 分 : Beelzebub (b) is terribly annoyed by a ticking under the earth in front of the airplane (ai1), so he tears the earth open and finds a ticking stopwatch (分). Although he is wearing two baseball gloves (手) he still manages to break the watch open (掰) with his hands to stop the ticking.