Pinyin "qie3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "qie3" is split up into two parts: "qi" 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 "qi"

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "e3"

In the elevator's living room.

Characters pronounced qie3

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to me the character 且 looks like a shelf.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) bought a new shelf (且) for all her flutes (一) and set it up in the elevator's living room (e3). Because she is a queen (qi) and needs an extravagant shelf, she installed several Eye of Providences (目) to give the flutes extravagant lighting.