Pinyin "bei4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "bei4" is split up into two parts: "b" 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 "b"

B is for Beelzebub.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ei4"

In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.

Characters pronounced bei4

辈
輩
bèi = b + ei4
lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people
辈 = 车 + 非 : Beelzebub (b) successfully affected the lives of whole generations (辈) by alluring them with expensive cabriolets (车). In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) he is sitting in one of his cabriolets and looking through a lifetime of negatives (非), each taken when he spoiled another victim.
贝
貝
bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
背
bèi = b + ei4
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing
备
備
bèi = b + ei4
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; in every possible way
备
備
bèi = b + ei4
to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip
备 = 夂 + 田 : Beelzebub prepared a field of high heels in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He wants to shock any person entering the bathroom with society's expectations towards what people should wear on their feet.
备
俻
bèi = b + ei4
variant of 備|备[bei4]
备 = 夂 + 田 : Beelzebub prepared a field of high heels in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He wants to shock any person entering the bathroom with society's expectations towards what people should wear on their feet.
惫
憊
bèi = b + ei4
exhausted
惫 = 夂 + 思 : Beelzezbub (b) watches several women wearing high heels (夂) pass by in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and thinks (思) how tiring (惫) it must be to walk in these shoes.
倍
bèi = b + ei4
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
倍 = 亻 + 咅 : Beelzebub (b) made seven times (倍) three poo-poos (咅) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and challenges Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to tell him how many poo-poos there are. Rosa should take great care: every time she gives the wrong answer Beelzebub doubles (倍) the number of the poo-poos.
狈
狽
bèi = b + ei4
a legendary wolf / distressed / wretched
狈 = 犭 + 贝 : Beelzebub (b) is having a dachshund (犭) mate with a crab (贝) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) hoping to breed a legendary wolf (狈).
被
bèi = b + ei4
quilt / by / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover / to meet with / (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1])
被 = 皮 + 衤 : In Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Beelzebub is delighted by the evil humans are able to bring into the world when he watches a royal ermine coat and a tanned cow's hide.
孛
bèi = b + ei4
comet
孛 = 十 + 冖 + 子 : Beelzebub (b) wants to fry an egg (子) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He breaks the egg onto a cooking top (冖) and to fry it, he summons a comet (孛) using a cross (十) he holds the other way around. The comet causes a fire on which Beelzebub fries the egg.
蓓
bèi = b + ei4
(flower) bud
悖
bèi = b + ei4
to go against / to be contrary to / perverse / rebellious
悖
誖
bèi = b + ei4
old variant of 悖[bei4]
焙
bèi = b + ei4
to dry over a fire / to bake
钡
鋇
bèi = b + ei4
barium (chemistry)