相互作用

to interact / interaction / interplay

Characters and words in 相互作用

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

Add a new mnemonic for 相 = 木 + 目

相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

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相 = 木 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).

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相

xia̅ng

互

hù

each other / mutual

互

hù = hu + Ø4

mutual

Add a new mnemonic for 互 = 一 + 彑

互 = 一 + 彑 : Helga Horse (hu) is freezing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She rubs her two front hooves mutually (互) against each other to warm up a little. Even her wet snout (彑) is frozen: she cannot play the flute (一) anymore.

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作

zuo̅ = zu + o1

worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

Add a new mnemonic for 作 = 乍 + 亻

作

zuò = zu + o4

to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works

Add a new mnemonic for 作 = 乍 + 亻

作 = 乍 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are high-fiveing in the observatory's bathroom (o4) because they're growing so awesome Mohawk (乍) haircuts.

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作

zuò

用

yòng

to act on / to affect / action / function / activity / impact / result / effect / purpose / intent / (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 抑制作用[yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4], inhibition

用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

Add a new mnemonic for 用 = 丨 + 月

用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

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用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

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