Pinyin "gu3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "gu3" is split up into two parts: "gu" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "gu"

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced gu3

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

古 = 十 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

谷

穀

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

贾

賈

gǔ = gu + Ø3

merchant / to buy

贾 = 覀 + 贝 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) wants to have the merchant's (贾) crab (贝) in the space station, but she doesn't want to pay for it. Instead, she hits the merchant with a knuckle duster (覀) to get the crab for free.

鼓

皷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

鼓

gǔ = gu + Ø3

drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

鼓 = 壴 + 支 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is beating her drums in the space station (Ø3). She is beating an archaic drum (壴) and a modern snare drum (鼓) using a twig (支).

股

gǔ = gu + Ø3

thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (stock) share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions

股 = 月 + 殳 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) decided to enter the stock market (股) with a quite aggressive tactic. Armed with a halberd (殳), in the space station (Ø3) she forces the moon (月) to give her his stock market shares (股).

骨

gǔ = gu + Ø3

bone

骨 = 冎 + 月 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is performing some dark rites in the space station (Ø3). She 3D printed a whole skeleton (骨) including skull (冎) and is trying to make it come alive under a full moon (月), citing from the Necronomicon.

罟

gǔ = gu + Ø3

to implicate / net for birds or fish

钴

鈷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

cobalt (chemistry) / Taiwan pr. [gu1]

蛊

蠱

gǔ = gu + Ø3

arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite

牯