Pinyin "che3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "che3" is split up into two parts: "ch" and "e3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ch"

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e3"

In the elevator's living room.

Characters pronounced che3

扯

撦

chě = ch + e3

variant of 扯[che3] / to pull / to tear

扯 = 扌 + 止 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).

扯

chě = ch + e3

to pull / to tear / (of cloth, thread etc) to buy / to chat / to gossip / (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous / hokey

扯 = 扌 + 止 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to visit the elevator (e3), but there is a barrier (止) inside. To get past Charlie pulls and tears (扯) the barrier using a toy claw (扌).

尺

chě = ch + e3

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]