Pinyin "ying1"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ying1" is split up into two parts: "y" and "(e)ng1". 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 "(e)ng1"
In front of the engine.
Characters pronounced ying1
United Kingdom / British / England / English / abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
英
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艹
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央
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Mnemonic symbol: a hero. An evil villain has been terrorizing the UK (英), so Maud Younger (y) and the hero (英) want to stop him. They know that he will visit engine later that day, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) they prepare artificial lawn (艹) by adding a CPU (央) to each sheet. This way, each sheet acts as intelligent automated trap which will grab the villain once he steps on the sheet.
hero / outstanding / excellent / (literary) flower / blossom
英
=
艹
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央
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Mnemonic symbol: a hero. An evil villain has been terrorizing the UK (英), so Maud Younger (y) and the hero (英) want to stop him. They know that he will visit engine later that day, so in front of the engine ((e)ng1) they prepare artificial lawn (艹) by adding a CPU (央) to each sheet. This way, each sheet acts as intelligent automated trap which will grab the villain once he steps on the sheet.