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 : At least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister. Gitta Giraffe is looking out of an cloister, which arrived at the space station. The cloister is made of a huge mandarin, with a cross on top of it.

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

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

谷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

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

谷

穀

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

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

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.

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).

鼓

皷

gǔ = gu + Ø3

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

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).

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.

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