Pinyin "wai4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "wai4" is split up into two parts: "w" and "ai4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "w"

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai4"

In the airplane's bathroom.

Characters pronounced wai4

外

wài = w + ai4

outside / in addition / foreign / external

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外 = 夕 + 卜 : There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).