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

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a jade bracelet.

Yu the Great (yu) and Martin Luther King (王) invented some kind of wrestling sport in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Both fighters have to be restrained by large jade bracelets (玉) 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 (Ø4) with cosy petals (丶) so that they won't hurt themselves.
variant of 籲|吁[yu4]
to implore

= + : Yu the Great (yu) wants to stick a mandarin (口) into a honey jar (于) and eat it, but in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) the mandarin is appealing (吁) to her to not do it.
to praise / to acclaim / reputation

= + : Yu the Great (yu) wants to increase the star fish' (兴) reputation (誉). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is announcing surprising facts about star fish with a megaphone (言).
see 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]
to have children / to raise or bring up / to educate

= + + : 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.
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).
elegant

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
old variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
surname Yu

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
dense (growth) / melancholy

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
surname Yu

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
(bound form) strongly fragrant
(bound form) (of vegetation) lush; luxuriant / (bound form) melancholy; depressed
to take part in
to advance / in advance / beforehand / to prepare

= + : 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.
abbr. for Henan province 河南 in central China