Pinyin "si1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "si1" is split up into two parts: "s" and "Ø1". 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 "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced si1

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Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
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old variant of 私[si1]
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personal / private / selfish
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to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)
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silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
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"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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amphibious animal with one horn
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hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
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mutually / with one another / manservant / boy servant / guy (derog.)
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(bound form) together; each other / (bound form) male servant / (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
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variant of 廝|厮[si1]
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