Pinyin "shou4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shou4" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "ou4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "sh"
Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou4"
In the outhouse's bathroom.
Characters pronounced shou4
long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname
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beast / animal / beastly / bestial
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to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
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(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint
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to teach / to instruct / to award / to give
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to sell / to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
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thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
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to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
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cord on a seal
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Japanese variant of 獸|兽
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old variant of 壽|寿[shou4]
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Japanese variant of 瘦[shou4]
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