Pinyin "di2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "di2" is split up into two parts: "di" and "Ø2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "di"

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø2"

In the space station's kitchen.

Characters pronounced di2

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

笛

dí = di + Ø2

flute

笛 = ⺮ + 由 : Dorothy Gale (di) had too many cuba libres (由) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She mistakes a bamboo stick (⺮) for a flute (笛) and tries to play a melody on it, even though she doesn't know how to play the flute (笛) at all. She must be really drunk!

迪

dí = di + Ø2

to enlighten

迪 = 由 + 辶 : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Dorothy Gale (di) accidentally spills her Cuba Libre (由) over Edison's (迪) feet (who is wearing only gladiator sandals (辶)), but fortunately this event enlightens (迪) him on how to build the light bulb he has been designing lately.

敌

敵

dí = di + Ø2

enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand

敌 = 攵 + 舌 : Dorothy Gale (di) is fighting her enemy (敌), the Wicked Witch of the West, by attacking her with a sledgehammer (攵) while threatening her with her tongue (舌) stuck out just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).

涤

滌

dí = di + Ø2

to wash / to cleanse

翟

dí = di + Ø2

long-tail pheasant

翟 = 羽 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) helps the sparrow (隹) to put on a costume in the space station's entrance (Ø2). She attaches very long feathers (羽) to the sparrows tail so that he looks like a long-tail pheasant (翟).

翟

dí = di + Ø2

surname Di / variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

狄

dí = di + Ø2

surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

狄

dí = di + Ø2

low ranking public official (old)

嫡

dí = di + Ø2

first wife / son of first wife