Pinyin "zhi3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhi3" is split up into two parts: "zh" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zh"

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced zhi3

only / merely / just / but
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foundation of a building (variant of 址[zhi3]) / islet (variant of 沚[zhi3])
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location / site / foundation of a building
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imperial decree / purport / aim / purpose
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"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]
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finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
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paper / CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2] / classifier for documents, letter etc
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4th note in pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also 徵|征[zheng1]
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angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM
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embroidery
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