Pinyin "lie3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lie3" is split up into two parts: "li" and "e3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e3"

In the elevator's living room.

Characters pronounced lie3

咧

liě = li + e3

to draw back the corners of one's mouth

咧 = 口 + 列 : Li Qingzhao (li) is on a date with archangel Gabriel (列) in the elevator's living room (e3). She feeds him mandarins (口) and he's too shy to tell her that he hates mandarins. Instead he draws back the corners of his mouth (咧) while chewing on the mandarins with a wry grimace (咧).