Pinyin "cui4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "cui4" is split up into two parts: "cu" 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 "cu"

Cu is for Kitty Cat.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ei4"

In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.

Characters pronounced cui4

翠

cuì = cu + ei4

bluish-green / green jade

翠 = 羽 + 卒 : Kitty Cat (cu) caught a bluish-green (翠) kingfisher (翠) and brings one of its bluish-green (翠) feathers (卒) to the soldier (卒) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).

粹

cuì = cu + ei4

pure / unmixed / essence

粹 = 卒 + 米 : The rubber chicken soldier (卒) stored a sack of extra-pure (粹) rice (米) essence (粹) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), but Kitty Cat (cu) mistook it for her litter box and messed it up.

脆

cuì = cu + ei4

brittle / fragile / crisp / crunchy / clear and loud voice / neat

脆 = 危 + 月 : The moon (月) is skating on the ice in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), although there's a warning sign (危) pointing out that it is very fragile (脆). Kitty Cat (cu) tries to warn him by shouting and waving at him, but the moon is too far away.

脆

脃

cuì = cu + ei4

old variant of 脆[cui4]

毳

cuì = cu + ei4

crisp / brittle / fine animal hair

毳 = 毛 : Kitty Cat is looking at her fur using the mirror in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower. She used lots and lots of additional hair for extensions, but it wasn't good for her fur at all: It's all crisp and brittle now because of the icy wind around the Eiffel Tower. Despaired, she eats lots and lots of crisps.

萃

cuì = cu + ei4

collect / collection / dense / grassy / thick / assemble / gather

淬

cuì = cu + ei4

dip into water / to temper

瘁

cuì = cu + ei4

care-worn / distressed / tired / overworked / sick / weary

悴

cuì = cu + ei4

haggard / sad / downcast / distressed