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

variant of 冉[ran3]
variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead

= + : 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.
to monopolize; to seize / to take into one's arms; to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
to monopolize / to seize / to take into one's arms / to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc) / to canvass
to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up

= + + : Someone opened a popup store in the anthill (an3), and it looks like a Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower (东). Joan of Arc (ji) enters the shop to buy a new flute (一), and she chooses (拣) the right flute for her with a toy claw (扌).
to choose / to pick / to select / to elect

= + : Xu Xian (xu) squired the FLOTUS (先) to go shopping, but inside of the anthill (an3) he soon regrets his decision as he has to help the FLOTUS select (选) one pair of gladiator sandals (辶) out of hundreds of similar looking pairs.
edge of a tortoiseshell / see 冉冉[ran3 ran3]

= + : Robinson Crusoe drank too much in the anthill, so he's unable to receive the letter of dirt that he gets by snail mail. The snail wants to deliver it anyway, so she just staples it to the table next to Robinson.

= + : 冉冉 means "soft" as well as "gradually", so I'll represent 冉 by snail mail.
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

= + : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items

= + : Dorothy Gale opened a new shop inside anthill. She's selling grilled vegetables, and many people are ordering them. On a plate, they only look like little spots or points.
to fill / full / filled / packed / fully / completely / quite / to reach the limit / to satisfy / satisfied / contented

= + + : Mahathma Gandhi stuffed the inside of the anthill with artificial lawn. Everyone is extremely annoyed by this packing, but as he sprinkles water out of a water bottle on the artificial lawn, it dawns on them: he smuggled taels of gold in the lawn, which slowly grow out of the lawn as he distributes the water and laughs happily. The whole anthill is soon full of golden taels.
Manchu ethnic group

= + + : Mahathma Gandhi stuffed the inside of the anthill with artificial lawn. Everyone is extremely annoyed by this packing, but as he sprinkles water out of a water bottle on the artificial lawn, it dawns on them: he smuggled taels of gold in the lawn, which slowly grow out of the lawn as he distributes the water and laughs happily. The whole anthill is soon full of golden taels.
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous

= + : Maud Younger (y) is dancing on the bar in the anthill (an3), but suddenly her seven-league boots (行) cause her to run around like crazy, breaking all the water bottles (氵) and thereby having the whole inn overflow (衍) with water.
variant of 懶|懒[lan3]

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has been hanging around in the anthill (an3) for days, until one day the Dalai Lama (赖) comes over and punishes him by beating him with a flail (忄) for being so lazy (懒).
lazy

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has been hanging around in the anthill (an3) for days, until one day the Dalai Lama (赖) comes over and punishes him by beating him with a flail (忄) for being so lazy (懒).
few / rare
variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
distant / remote / detailed
Myanmar (formerly Burma) (abbr. for 緬甸|缅甸[Mian3 dian4])