Pinyin "yu4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "yu4" is split up into two parts: "yu" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "yu"
Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"
In the space station's bathroom.
Characters pronounced yu4
jade
玉
=
丶
+
王
:
Mnemonic symbol: a jade bracelet.
Yu the Great and Martin Luther King invented some kind of wrestling sport in the space station's bathroom. Both fighters have to be restrained by large jade bracelets around their body restricting their arms to be aligned to the body. Then they fight. To make things safe they stuffed the space station's bathroom with cosy petal leaves so that they won't hurt themselves.
Yu the Great and Martin Luther King invented some kind of wrestling sport in the space station's bathroom. Both fighters have to be restrained by large jade bracelets around their body restricting their arms to be aligned to the body. Then they fight. To make things safe they stuffed the space station's bathroom with cosy petal leaves so that they won't hurt themselves.
to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate
育
=
亠
+
厶
+
月
:
Yu the Great (yu) wants to rear (育) a fake nose (厶) she found in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), so she made a nest out of the moon (月), put the fake nose on top of it, covered the fake nose with a cozy beret (亠) and sits on top of the beret to keep the fake nose warm and rear it.
(arch. introductory particle) / then / and then
聿
=
二
+
肀
:
Mnemonic symbol: a broad decorator's brush.
Yu the Great (yu) is painting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). First she paints backgrounds with a decorator's brush (聿), then applies some details using a crayon (肀), and finally she discharges a capacitor (二) on the canvas for special effects.
Yu the Great (yu) is painting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). First she paints backgrounds with a decorator's brush (聿), then applies some details using a crayon (肀), and finally she discharges a capacitor (二) on the canvas for special effects.
to advance / in advance / beforehand / to prepare
预
=
予
+
页
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Yu the Great and Zai Yu are preparing their tax reports in advance in the space station's bathroom. Yu the Great is scribbling wildly on one sheet of paper after the other, and sheets of paper are flying all over the place. Zai Yu on the other hand just fell asleep and covered himself in a lot of sheets of paper. He covered himself with a sheet he made out of paper.
field / region / area / domain (taxonomy)
happy / carefree / at one's ease / variant of 預|预[yu4] / old variant of 與|与[yu4]