Pinyin "dian4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "dian4" is split up into two parts: "di" and "an4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "di"

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an4"

In the anthill's bathroom.

Characters pronounced dian4

甸
diàn = di + an4
suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
甸 = 勹 + 田 : The ants have set up a toy suburb (甸) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), including a field (田). It's Dorothy Gale's (di) job to till the field (田) riding on top of an elephant (勹) every day.
店
diàn = di + an4
inn / shop / store / CL:家[jia1]
店 = 占 + 广 : Dorothy Gale parachutes into anthill's bathroom. She immediately occupies it (marking the territory with a flag) to open her store.
店
diàn = di + an4
inn; old-style hotel / (bound form) shop; store / CL:家[jia1]
电
電
diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
电 = 乚 + 曰 : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).
垫
墊
diàn = di + an4
pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)
垫 = 土 + 执 : Dorothy Gale (di) built an air cushion (垫) vehicle out of dirt (土) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and happily rides it in circles, until a police officer appears and asks for her license (执).
淀
diàn = di + an4
shallow water
淀 = 定 + 氵 : Dorothy Gale visits the bathroom of the anthill, when suddenly the pipes of the toilets break! Soon, there's lots of shallow water, precipitate and sediment everywhere. Dorothy does her best to catch the water with bottles, and to fix the pipes with duct tape.
淀
澱
diàn = di + an4
sediment / precipitate
淀 = 定 + 氵 : Dorothy Gale visits the bathroom of the anthill, when suddenly the pipes of the toilets break! Soon, there's lots of shallow water, precipitate and sediment everywhere. Dorothy does her best to catch the water with bottles, and to fix the pipes with duct tape.
惦
diàn = di + an4
to think of / to remember / to miss
惦 = 店 + 忄 : Dorothy Gale (di) often misses (惦) her store (店) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) which she destroyed with a flail (忄) in a fit of violent temper.
奠
diàn = di + an4
to fix / to settle / a libation to the dead
奠 = 大 + 酋 : Dorothy Gale (di) and the tribal chief (酋) found the robot (大) dead and decide (奠) to bury it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). As the robot lies in its coffin they offer a libation (奠) to the dead robot for the last time before they dump it into the ground.
殿
diàn = di + an4
palace hall
殿 = 𡱒 + 殳 : Dorothy Gale (di) decided to set up her palace hall (殿), the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She hired a ghost and a communist (𡱒) to serve as her guards and has them wield halberds (殳).
佃
diàn = di + an4
farmer
靛
diàn = di + an4
indigo pigment
玷
diàn = di + an4
blemish / disgrace / flaw in jade
钿
鈿
diàn = di + an4
to inlay with gold, silver etc / ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower
癜
diàn = di + an4
erythema / leucoderm
坫
diàn = di + an4
stand for goblets