Pinyin "yi2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yi2" is split up into two parts: "y" and "Ø2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "y"

Y is for Maud Younger.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø2"

In the space station's kitchen.

Characters pronounced yi2

apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony

= + : Justitia (义) prepared a new apparatus (仪), an electric balance, and asks Maud Younger (y) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to help her test it just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Puzzled she finds that she is not able to weigh the two women in zero gravity.
to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove

= + : Maud Younger (y) and Manny (多) just received their food ration in the space station's entrance (Ø2). It's a bowl of cereals (禾). Again. Both Maud and Manny hate been eating cereals over and over again, so they move and shift (移) the cereals between each other because neither wants to eat it.
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze

= + : The barbarians (夷) are about to hijack the space station! Just inside the entrance Maud Younger (y) and the robot (大) will fight until their death to defend the space station. The robot even has a small composite bow (弓) in his robot hands.
surname Yi

= + : Maud Younger (y) received a package just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). It is a shelf (且) from IKEA (宜家). To get ready to set up the self appropriately (宜), Maud puts on her graduation cap (宀), grabs a drink and starts studying the manual.
proper / should / suitable / appropriate

= + : Maud Younger (y) received a package just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). It is a shelf (且) from IKEA (宜家). To get ready to set up the self appropriately (宜), Maud puts on her graduation cap (宀), grabs a drink and starts studying the manual.
to lose / to leave behind / to omit / to bequeath / sth lost / involuntary discharge (of urine etc)

= + : Sometimes, just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), Maud Younger (y) woefully thinks of her lost (遗) treasure chest (贵). It was filled to the top with gladiator sandals (辶); but it was too heavy to bring to the space station, so she had to leave it behind.
(bound form) to leave behind
mother's sister / aunt

= + : Maud Younger's (y) aunt (姨) and her boyfriend are visiting Bessie Coleman (女) and Maud in the space station. As they enter (Ø2), Maud and Bessie find out that Maud's aunt's new boyfriend is one of the barbarians (夷) who tried to enter the space station a while ago.
harmony / pleased
to doubt / to suspect

= + + + : (Ø2)Maud Younger (y) found a hole in her hat and is furious. Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she lines up her suspects (疑). First she suspects a ladle (匕), but it is not sharp enough. Then she inspects a boxing glove (又), but it is too large for the hole. Next she inspects a gumboot (疋), but it is not strong enough to make a hole. Finally she finds a dart (矢) and knows already: this is her suspect (疑) which caused the hole.
a tribe of indigenous people in south China
ancient wine vessel / ancient sacrificial vessel / Yi ethnic group / normal nature of man / laws and rules
Yi River, Shandong
cheek / lower cheek / chin / jaw / to nourish
pancreas
soap / pancreas