Pinyin final: "an1"

The Pinyin final "an1" 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 "an1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an1

In front of the anthill.

Characters with an1

surname Guan
government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Gitta Giraffe just graduated from anthill, and standing in front of it, still wearing her graduation cap, she's ready to assume her post as government official. She already has a folder under each arm and is wearing big safety glasses (be safe at work!).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to symbolize the bureaucracy involved in every governmental system I'll use a folder.
coffin
sweet / willing

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
surname Gan / abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 甘 just looks like a cow's head to me.

In front of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink the cow's sweet, sweet milk. He already organized a capacitor as electric shocker. The cow is not willing to surrender at all, though: she is ready to defend herself with a double axe.
to endure / may / can

= + : Karl Marx (k) built a burrow made out of clay (土) in front of the anthill (an1) to resist the extremist (甚), but he doesn't know for how much longer he'll be able to endure (堪) the extremist's lamenting.
to investigate / to survey / to collate

= + : Karl Marx (k) is chatting with an extremist (甚) in front of the anthill (an1) and would like to investigate (勘) that the power button (力) on the extremist's girdle is supposed to do.
intoxicated
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan
whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)

= 便 + : Brunhilde (bi) is working on her skill with the whip (鞭) in front of the anthill (an1). She spans a cow's hide (革) like a trampoline and throws her mobile phone (便) on it. She then starts to whip (鞭) the mobile phone up and has it jump on the cow's hide just for fun.
disk / sheet
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China
(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country

A new river has formed in front of the anthill, and Chantal Chicken is happy that now she'll be able to float to the pub instead of having to walk to it.
small boat

= 𠕁 + : Pocahontas (pi) is modding her small boat (扁) in front of the anthill (an1). She is attaching a fighting claw (𠕁) as weapon and a wooden swinging door (户) as a shield.
surname Pian

= 𠕁 + : Pocahontas (pi) is modding her small boat (扁) in front of the anthill (an1). She is attaching a fighting claw (𠕁) as weapon and a wooden swinging door (户) as a shield.
sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article

= + : Pocahontas (pi) got a job as delivery girl. In front of the anthill (an1), she is moving her small boat (扁) with a bamboo stick (⺮) to deliver packets of (篇) ancient bamboo books (篇).
to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up

= + : Brunhilde (bi) thinks that the seat of her small boat (扁) is too hard. In front of the anthill (an1) she decides to weave (编) a small blanket out of silk worms (纟) to sit on.
to lean / to slant / oblique / prejudiced / to deviate from average / to stray from the intended line / stubbornly / contrary to expectations

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is leaning (偏) against her small boat (扁) in front of the anthill (an1) and inviting Pocahontas (pi) to go on a trip with her.
to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) has been caught by the English and in her prison (监), a cage (监) in front of the anthill (an1), She awaits her trial. She has not given up, though: as a robot hands her a bowl of rice (皿), She quickly pulls out a kitchen knife (刂) and stabs the robot's (大) arm. The robot doesn't even notice though.
embarrassed / ill at ease

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) has been caught and put into a prison (监) in front of the anthill (an1) and is exposed to the public as a warning. During his detention he has been hurt and so he has to use a crutch (尢). The whole experience is very embarrassing (尴) for him.