Pinyin "wo4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "wo4" is split up into two parts: "w" and "o4". 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 "o4"

In the observatory's bathroom.

Characters pronounced wo4

握

wò = w + o4

to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful

握 = 屋 + 扌 : Willy Walrus's (w) garden shack (屋) was just about to fall into the well in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Willy was able to grasp (握) it at the last moment with a toy claw (屋).

握

wò = w + o4

to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful

沃

wò = w + o4

fertile / rich / to irrigate / to wash (of river)

沃 = 夭 + 氵 : Willy Walrus (w) finds sleeping Snow White (夭) in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He wants to wake her up because he thinks she should be quite fertile (沃), so he empties a bottle of water (氵) over her. Unfortunately this is not what is needed to wake her up.

卧

臥

wò = w + o4

to lie / to crouch

卧 = 卜 + 臣 : Willy Walrus (w) has become the new master of the observatory's servant (臣). In the bathroom (o4) Willy Walrus sits at the top of a voodoo staff (卜) which he is balancing on the spot between the servant's shoulders while the servant has to do push-ups (卧).

渥

wò = w + o4

to enrich / to moisten

斡

wò = w + o4

to turn

肟

wò = w + o4

oxime / oximide / -oxil (chemistry)

幄

wò = w + o4

tent