Pinyin final: "an3"

The Pinyin final "an3" 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 "an3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an3

In the anthill's living room.

Characters with an3

see 老闆|老板, boss

= + : The protester (反) was protesting against the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill (an3) when Beelzebub (b) Just wanted to enjoy his drink at the bar. Beelzebub was so annoyed that he set up a plank (板) on the bar and made the protester walk the plank (板).
to return (to)

= + : The protester (反) just entered the anthill (an3) wearing socks and gladiator sandals (辶). Frankenstein's Monster (f) protests loudly and tells the protester to go back (返) where he came from to either wear sandals and no socks, or socks and proper shoes.
scissors / shears / clippers / CL:把[ba3] / to cut with scissors / to trim / to wipe out or exterminate

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
surname Jian

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to cut some ingredients for her cocktail in the anthill (an3), and she wants to use some very complicated electrical scissors (剪) for the task. The scissors have to be used through a complicated front panel (前) and after having studied the front panel for 15 minutes Joan of Arc is so enraged that she cuts her ingredients as well as the front panel with a large cleaver (刀).
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is playing darts (矢) with some buddies inside of the anthill (an3). He ate a bunch of beans (豆) before, so every time he throws a dart (矢), he has to go to the bathroom for a short duration (短) to fart.
to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 免责说明, a disclaimer.

Marilyn Monroe and the crane are on a date in the anthill. Sun Wukong served them cocktails in two mandarins, but the cocktails are so terrible that Marilyn and the crane had to puke all over the place which ruined their date. They want to sue sun Wukong, but he just shows them the place's disclaimer telling them that he is exempted from any responsibility.
evening / night / late

= + : It is a very late evening in the Anchor in. The sun and Willy Walrus are the last guests at the bar. Willy Walrus got very emotional and tells the sun that he wants to sue her for heating up the planet, but the sun just shows him her disclaimer that she is exempt from any harm that is caused by humanity messing with the atmosphere.
section / paragraph / funds / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] / classifier for versions or models (of a product)

= + + : Karl Koala (ku) took the bachelor (士) out for dinner to the anthill (an3), but yet again he didn't bring enough money so he wants to give the bachelor an IOU note (欠) once more. The bachelor then pulls out a guideon (示) showing that he's a member of some special force, and that Karl Koala, because of his greed, will have to pay a fine (款).
soft / flexible

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
to exhort / to make an effort

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants do drink a beer in the anthill (an3), but first there is a disclaimer (免) she has to accept. She makes an effort (勉) to push the button (力) again and again, but the disclaimer just won't disappear.
to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

= + : Karl Marx (k) chopped down (砍) a huge boulder (石) with his bare hands inside of the anthill (an3) so that the staff can now move the pieces of the boulder. Before he leaves, the anthill's owner throws (砍) an IOU note (欠) after Karl.
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)

= + : In anthill, Julian Giant Squid drives a car to transfer a drink from the bar to the scientist's table.
simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old)

= + : Joan of Arc is working out inside of the anthill. She put up a changing cubicle and on top of it a bamboo stick so that she can practise pull ups. It's very easy for her to do 20 pull ups in a row.
surname Shan

= + : Sherlock Holmes and Neanderthal man started fighting in the anthill. Neanderthal Man swings a huge door, but Sherlock Holmes is quick enough to dodge it.
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine

= + : Sherlock Holmes and Neanderthal man started fighting in the anthill. Neanderthal Man swings a huge door, but Sherlock Holmes is quick enough to dodge it.
to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) fell through a trap door (门) when he wanted to leave the bar in the anthill (an3), and inside the snake pit below he finds a long list (单) explaining (阐) that it is his sole responsibility that he fell through the trap door because he got too drunk.
variant of 冉[ran3]
to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is drunkenly lamenting the dead (挽) in the anthill (an3) who died of alcohol poisoning, while the bar keeper is waving with a toy claw (扌) holding the bar's disclaimer (免). Finally Willy Walrus recovers (挽), the bar keeper rolls up (挽) the disclaimer and both return to their usual business.