Pinyin "tui4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "tui4" is split up into two parts: "tu" and "ei4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "tu"

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ei4"

In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.

Characters pronounced tui4

退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
退 = 艮 + 辶 : Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.
蜕
蛻
tuì = tu + ei4
skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
褪
tuì = tu + ei4
to take off (clothes) / to shed feathers / (of color) to fade / to discolor
煺
tuì = tu + ei4
to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water
駾
tuì = tu + ei4
approach at swift gallop (on horses)