Pinyin "pu3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "pu3" is split up into two parts: "pu" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "pu"

Pu is for Petra Penguin.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced pu3


= + : Petra Penguin (pu) celebrates a very plain and simple (朴) Christmas in the space station (Ø3). She has a simple Christmas tree (木) and to let it snow she simply (朴) beats the Christmas tree with a voodoo staff (卜) so that its needles will come off and float all around.
general / popular / everywhere / universal

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 斯普特尼克, Sputnik the satellite.

Petra Penguin is really angry at the sun for heating up earth's poles. In the space station she tries to kill the sun with a combine harvester, but the sun defends itself by flinging Sputnik replicas at Petra.
chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is having Sputnik (普) chart the spectra (谱) he recorded draw on an advertising column (讠) in the space station (Ø3). Petra will use this information to create a musical score (谱).
river bank / shore / river drainage ditch (old)

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) has to take care of the child emperor Pu Yi (溥) in the space station (Ø3). Petra is especially concerned that he won't drink enough, so she put up bulletin boards (尃) with pictures of water bottles (氵) on them everywhere. The space station is pervaded (溥) by water bottles floating everywhere so that Pu Yi can always drink something, no matter where he is.
port / flat land next to a river or ocean
web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
thick rough serge from Tibet
to travel by the light of torch