Pinyin "ying3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ying3" is split up into two parts: "y" and "(e)ng3". 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 "(e)ng3"

In the engine's living room.

Characters pronounced ying3

颖

穎

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

颖 = 匕 + 禾 + 页 : Maud Younger (y) is collecting the most outstanding husks (颖) from a bowl of cereals (禾) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is collecting the best husks using a ladle (匕) and puts them neatly next to each other on a sheet of paper (页).

影

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

影 = 彡 + 景 : Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.

郢

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县

颍

潁

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

surname Ying / river in Henan and Anhui

颍

潁

yǐng = y + (e)ng3

grain husk / tip of sth short and slender

瘿