Pinyin "yi4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yi4" is split up into two parts: "y" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "y"

Y is for Maud Younger.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced yi4

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.
surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
to comment on / to discuss / to suggest

= + : Maud Younger (y) is painting blindfolded onto an advertising column (讠) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Justitia comments (议) on her art and indeed voices very just (义) comments (议).
different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate

= + : Maud Younger sees a wyvern in the space station's bathroom and thinks it's soo strange that there's a wyvern in the space station. But after all, it's just the lab snake which ate a double axe.

= + : Maud Younger (y) has been sent off to help the communist (共) tending the field (田) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She proves very helpful as her secret strange super power (mnemonic symbol for 異), xray vision, helps her see whether the potatoes are ready or not.
skill / art

= + : Maud Younger (y) got a silver medal (乙) for her mad gymnastics skills (艺) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), where she performed her gymnastics on sheets of artificial lawn (艹).
to recollect / to remember / memory

= + : Maud Younger (y) often recollects (忆) her time fighting in the mma world championship using her beloved flail (忄), which she keeps framed in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Once she won a silver medal (乙), which hangs next to her flail. She is fond of recalling these dear memories (忆).
high and steep
descendants / frontier

= + : Maud Younger (y) likes talking to her velvetleaf plant (冏) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She always tells the plant that she is of Scottish descent (裔) and that's why Maud covers her in a kilt (衣). The velvetleaf is very unhappy (冏) about it because it is much too warm for her.
to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or

= + : Erich Honecker (卬) is trying to keep Maud Younger (y) down (抑) with a toy claw (扌) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but soon Maud will end his rule.
surname Yi

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger.

The mean crocodile (丷) is visiting Maud Younger (y) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and asks for her help. Somehow he lost all his energy. Maud knows what to do and pulls out a bit of Alpinia oxyphylla (益), an eight ball (八), a flute (一), and a shallow bowl (皿). She crushes the eight ball and the ginger in the bowl with her flute and while doing so, she tells the crocodile that this will be the ingredients for a tea which will be very beneficial (益) to him. It will not only restore his vigor, but also increase his intellect.
benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger.

The mean crocodile (丷) is visiting Maud Younger (y) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and asks for her help. Somehow he lost all his energy. Maud knows what to do and pulls out a bit of Alpinia oxyphylla (益), an eight ball (八), a flute (一), and a shallow bowl (皿). She crushes the eight ball and the ginger in the bowl with her flute and while doing so, she tells the crocodile that this will be the ingredients for a tea which will be very beneficial (益) to him. It will not only restore his vigor, but also increase his intellect.
to overflow / (literary) excessive / old variant of 鎰|镒[yi4]
to translate / to interpret

= + : 金星 (夅) wants to talk to an advertising column (讠) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but he only speaks heavenly script. Fortunately Maud Younger (y) is there to translate (译) for him.
continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old)

= + : Maud Younger (y) finds 金星 (夅) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but he is entangled in a very long silk thread. Maud has to unravel (绎) him by continuously (绎) pulling on the silk worm (纟) and the silken thread it produced.
wing / area surrounding the bullseye of a target / to assist / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / old variant of 翌

= + : Maud Younger (y) wants to acquire the secret strange super power (異) of the pterodactyl (翼) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His power lies in his wings (翼): while Maud tries to use feathers (羽), the pterodactyl's wings have no feathers.
surname Yi / alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4] capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

= + : Maud Younger (y) wants to acquire the secret strange super power (異) of the pterodactyl (翼) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His power lies in his wings (翼): while Maud tries to use feathers (羽), the pterodactyl's wings have no feathers.
firm and resolute / staunch

= + : Maud Younger (y) wants to use the vase (豙) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but there's a winged caterpillar (豙) occupying it. Although Maud attacks it with a spear (殳) the winged caterpillar is very firm and resolute (毅).
skill / art
skill / art
(archaic) (meaning unclear) / (final particle)