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

pure / unmixed / essence

= + : 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.
bluish-green / green jade

= + : 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).
brittle / fragile / crisp / crunchy / clear and loud voice / neat

= + : 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.

= + : 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.
crisp / brittle / fine animal hair

= : 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.
collect / collection / dense / grassy / thick / assemble / gather
care-worn / distressed / tired / overworked / sick / weary
haggard / sad / downcast / distressed
five-color silk / see 綷縩[cui4 cai4]
auxiliary / spare / deputy / second / sub-
to spit / (onom.) pshaw! / (old) to sip
jagged mountain peaks (poetic) / rocky peaks / lofty and dangerous
to come together; to bunch up; to concentrate