Pinyin "li2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "li2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "Ø2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"
Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø2"
In the space station's kitchen.
Characters pronounced li2
pear / CL:個|个[ge4]
梨
=
利
+
木
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Li Qingzhao (li) crashed the Arianne rocket (利) into the space station's entrance (Ø2) and thereby caused the Christmas tree (木) to fall over. It was decorated with lots of pears (梨) which will now go bad very soon because of the dents, so Li Qingzhao has to eat them all before they go bad.
Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲
(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names) / Taiwan pr. [li4] / variant of 璃[li2]
(literary) black / dark / many / multitude
黎
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勿
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氽
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禾
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Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]
黎
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勿
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氽
+
禾
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Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.