Mandarinbanana

zài = z + ai4

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

在 = 一 + 亻 + 土 : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".

哪

nǎ

儿

兒

r

where? / wherever / anywhere

哪

nǎ = n + a3

how / which

哪 = 口 + 那 : Napoleon is locked into the ashram. He holds a mandarin like Hamlet held that skull and asks himself: "By my holy laser sword, how can I escape this dreadful place?"

哪

na = n + a5

(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")

哪

né = n + e2

used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1] / Taiwan pr. [nuo2]

哪

něi = n + ei3

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

儿

rén = r + (e)n2

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

儿

兒

ér = Ø + Ø2

child / son

儿 = 丿 + 乚 : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).

儿

兒

r

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

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