Pinyin "yao4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yao4" is split up into two parts: "y" and "ao4". 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.
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Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ao4"

In the aorta's bathroom.
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Characters pronounced yao4

要
yào = y + ao4
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
Add a new mnemonic for 要 = 女 + 覀
要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.
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要
yào = y + ao4
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
Add a new mnemonic for 要 = 女 + 覀
药
藥
yào = y + ao4
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison
Add a new mnemonic for 药 = 艹 + 约
Add a new mnemonic for 藥 = 艹 + 樂
药 = 艹 + 约 : Maud Younger is on a date in the aorta, but she has to pass gas all the time. In the bathroom she desperately eats a sheet of artificial lawn, thinking that it should be the right medicine for her.
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药
葯
yào = y + ao4
leaf of the iris / variant of 藥|药[yao4]
Add a new mnemonic for 药 = 艹 + 约
Add a new mnemonic for 葯 = 艹 + 約
药 = 艹 + 约 : Maud Younger is on a date in the aorta, but she has to pass gas all the time. In the bathroom she desperately eats a sheet of artificial lawn, thinking that it should be the right medicine for her.
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耀
yào = y + ao4
brilliant / glorious
Add a new mnemonic for 耀 = 光 + 翟
耀 = 光 + 翟 : Maud Younger (y) shines (耀) with a laser pointer (光) at the featers of the long-tail pheasant (翟) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4), and under this illumination (耀) the featers look even awesomer (耀).
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曜
yào = y + ao4
bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
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燿
yào = y + ao4
brilliant / glorious
Add a new mnemonic for 燿 = 火 + 翟
薬
yào = y + ao4
Japanese variant of 藥|药
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疟
瘧
yào = y + ao4
see 瘧子|疟子[yao4 zi5]
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Add a new mnemonic for 瘧 = 疒 + 虐
鹞
鷂
yào = y + ao4
sparrow hawk / Accipiter nisus
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Add a new mnemonic for 鷂 = 䍃 + 鳥
靿
yào = y + ao4
the leg of a boot or sock
Add a new mnemonic for 靿 = 革 + 幼
靿
yào = y + ao4
the leg of a boot
Add a new mnemonic for 靿 = 革 + 幼
袎
yào = y + ao4
variant of 靿[yao4]
Add a new mnemonic for 袎 = 衤 + 幼