Pinyin "zi3"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zi3" is split up into two parts: "z" 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 "z"
Z is for Zorro.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"
In the space station's living room.
Characters pronounced zi3
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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meticulous / (of domestic animals or fowls) young
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purple / violet
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Catalpa kaempferi / printing blocks
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dregs; sediment
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dregs / sediment
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to slander / to detest
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Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale)
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to slander / to blame / to revile
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(a kind of stone)
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hoe up soil around plants
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used in 虸蚄[zi3 fang1]
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