Pinyin "dong4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "dong4" is split up into two parts: "du" and "(e)ng4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "du"
Du is for Doggy Dog.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng4"
In the engine's bathroom.
Characters pronounced dong4
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)
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(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
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to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly
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cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people)
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cave / cavern
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field / farm / used in place names
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variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit
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(Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
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large intestine / torso
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frighten
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milk / sound of a drum
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see 蛋白腖|蛋白胨[dan4 bai2 dong4]
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