Pinyin "ding1"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ding1" is split up into two parts: "di" and "(e)ng1". 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 "(e)ng1"
In front of the engine.
Characters pronounced ding1
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
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to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
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to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1]
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(used in place names)
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jingling / tinkling
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tincture (loanword)
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patch (for mending clothes)
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boil / carbuncle
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see 耵聹|耵聍, earwax / cerumen
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see 虰蛵[ding1 xing2]
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to cobble / to patch
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