Pinyin "qing1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "qing1" is split up into two parts: "qi" and "(e)ng1". 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 "(e)ng1"

In front of the engine.

Characters pronounced qing1

轻
輕
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
轻 = 车 + 又 + 工 : The Queen of Hearts has been training a lot recently and poses before her next boxing battle. She's driving around in her cabriolet bending steel beams wearing her boxing gloves easily, swinging the beams as if they were as light as feathers.
顷
頃
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
variant of 傾|倾[qing1]
倾
傾
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
to overturn / to collapse / to lean / to tend / to incline / to pour out
倾 = 亻 + 顷 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to overturn (倾) the Queen of Heart's (qi) reign, so Rosa starts with tearing down the whole hectare (顷) of wallpaper set up by the queen in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
青
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
青 = 龶 + 月 : The moon opened a very profitable start-up in front of the engine. He put up a fountain of youth and--wearing a fancy headdress--charges the Queen of Hearts a fortune for drinking from the fountain.
青 = 龶 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a cyan-colored fountain of youth.
青
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
清
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
清
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) / surname Qing
清 = 氵 + 青 : In front of the engine, the Queen of Hearts suspiciously and closely inspects a fountain of youth. With a bottle, she scoops water again and again and inspects how clear the water is when she pours it back into the fountain.
清
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
clear / distinct / quiet / just and honest / pure / to settle or clear up / to clean up or purge
清 = 氵 + 青 : In front of the engine, the Queen of Hearts suspiciously and closely inspects a fountain of youth. With a bottle, she scoops water again and again and inspects how clear the water is when she pours it back into the fountain.
卿
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old)
氢
氫
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
hydrogen (chemistry)
氢 = 气 + 又 + 工 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is building a zeppelin in front of the engine ((e)ng1) by attaching a lot of hydrogen (氢) filled balloons (气) to a steel beam (工). In order not to accidentally pop a balloon with her finger nails she uses boxing gloves (又).
蜻
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]
鲭
鯖
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
mackerel
軽
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
Japanese variant of 輕|轻
靑
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
variant of 青[qing1]
淸
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
variant of 清[qing1]