Pinyin "sai1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "sai1" is split up into two parts: "s" and "ai1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "s"

Socrates.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai1"

In front of the airplane.

Characters pronounced sai1

塞
sa̅i = s + ai1
to stop up / to squeeze in / to stuff / cork / stopper
塞
sa̅i = s + ai1
Serbia / Serbian / abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
鳃
鰓
sa̅i = s + ai1
gills of fish
噻
sa̅i = s + ai1
used in transliteration
腮
sa̅i = s + ai1
cheek
腮 = 思 + 月 : The moon (月) considers (思) using rouge (腮) on its cheeks (腮) in front of the airplane (ai1), but Socrates (s) recommends growing a full beard (腮) instead just like himself.
腮
顋
sa̅i = s + ai1
variant of 腮[sai1]
腮 = 思 + 月 : The moon (月) considers (思) using rouge (腮) on its cheeks (腮) in front of the airplane (ai1), but Socrates (s) recommends growing a full beard (腮) instead just like himself.
嘥
sa̅i = s + ai1
to waste (Cantonese)
揌
sa̅i = s + ai1
to shake