Pinyin "diao4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "diao4" is split up into two parts: "di" and "ao4". 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 "ao4"
In the aorta's bathroom.
Characters pronounced diao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
to fish with a hook and bait
pan with a long handle
used in 伄儅[diao4 dang1]
(literary) distant / deep / profound
bamboo basket
Sambucu javinica
see 釕銱兒|钌铞儿[liao4 diao4 r5]