Pinyin final: "ei3"

The Pinyin final "ei3" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "ei3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ei3

In the Eiffel Tower's living room.

Characters with ei3

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

= + + 丿 + : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.
surname Shui
north / (classical) to be defeated

= + : A compass rose. In the Eiffel Tower, Beelzebub tries to build a compass. As a baseplate he uses a piece of wood, on which he sticks the north pike of a compass rose. On the south pike he balances a ladle, which is supposed to adjust itself to earth's magnetic field.
to have to / must / ought to / to need to

= + : Because Don Quixote kicked the genie's lamp from the rooftop of the Erechtheion as far as to inside of the Eiffel Tower, the genie demands Don Quixote to apologize. Inside of the Eiffel Tower, Don Quixote kowtows to the genie, who takes back the black sneakers he gave to Don Quixote earlier.
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.
to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)

= + : Inside of the Eiffel Tower, a little silk worm is exceptional desperate, because she is unable to produce a silken thread. Fortunately Guy Fawkes has a solution: He gives her a tube of glue as a present, which he decorated with a little ribbon. With the glue, the silk worm is able to produce long sticky threads again.
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) is working on an excavation field (田) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3). He has been excavating lots and lots of silken scarves (糸) and ropes (累). The scavers and ropes are accumulating (累) on two heaps to his left and right side respectively.
each / every

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: from 每日一练, "train every day", somebody's doing some workout, e.g. push-ups.

= 𠂉 + : Mahatma Gandhi does his daily training inside of the Eiffel Tower. He's quite advanced: He does single-handed push-ups with his supporting hand resting on a key, while Gaia sits on his back and mocks him.
archaic variant of 水[shui3]

= : As archaic symbol for an archaic character I choose the aqueduct.
leg / CL:條|条[tiao2]

= + 退 : The moon (月) wanted to drive Tommy Turtle (tu) out of the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and claim it for himself. He soon changes his mind as Tommy Turtle bites his leg (腿) very cruel. Although the moon wants to retreat (退), it is too late now since Tommy Turtle won't let go off his leg (腿).
hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3]

= + 退 : The moon (月) wanted to drive Tommy Turtle (tu) out of the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and claim it for himself. He soon changes his mind as Tommy Turtle bites his leg (腿) very cruel. Although the moon wants to retreat (退), it is too late now since Tommy Turtle won't let go off his leg (腿).
variant of 嘴[zui3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Orion. Orion (觜) is making Zapatista Zebra (zu) lick his boots (此) which have horns (角) attached to their tips. If only he had a few mandarins to put these on the horns, but unfortunately there aren't any. Zapatista Zebra has to be extremely careful to not hurt his mouth (觜).
mouth / beak / nozzle / spout (of teapot etc) / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is roaming the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to look for food. Because the floor is full of horns (觜), he is wearing safety boots (觜). With his lips (嘴) he is forming a long beak (嘴) to look for mandarins (口) between the horns.
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女

= + : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.
beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女

= + : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.
variant of 虺, snake
big / large / great

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) found a pair of soft leather gloves (韦) which not only give her giant strength, but also make her grow two times larger (伟). With her new strength she is able to lift fatty Willy Walrus (w) above her head in the Eiffel Tower (ei3), and Willy thinks that she is really great and mighty (伟).
surname Wei

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 委中 is an acupuncture point of the knee. I'll represent 委 with an artificial leg including the knee.

= + : Bessie Coleman and Willy Walrus are members of a committee which has to test artificial legs in the Eiffel Tower. They have the legs kick bowls of cereal from the tower and see how far they get.