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

cable / hawser / to moor
to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition

= + + 𧘇 : James II of England (zh) and the ghost (尸) developed (展) a new business in the anthill's living room (an3). The ghost scares the visitors so much that they fall into a well (井), and James II of England helps them get out of it using a step ladder (𧘇). As their business grows and develops (展), they can both benefit: the ghost gets to scare lots of people, and James II of England gains lots of street credibility by helping their victims.
surname Zhan
shallow / light (color)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is enjoying a quiet moment in a floating tank (戋) in the anthill (an3) after filling it up with special royal water from water bottles (氵). Relaxing in the shallow (浅) water she is observing the light (浅) colors of her surrounding.
to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 石敢当, stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits.

Guy Fawkes erected a stone tablet to ward off evil spirits inside of the anthill, but as he was drinking at the bar he noticed how the stone tablet suddenly started moving all on its own and tried to cut off Guy's ear with a sickle. Consequently, Guy Fawkes takes a sledgehammer and destroys the stone tablet to be safe; he wouldn't dare to have another drink setting next to this weird tablet.
miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy

= + : The King of Chu (c) decided to take part in a drinking contest in the anthill (an3). There he sits with his bib number (参) on his back making a miserable (惨) impression. To force himself to drink more he hits himself with a flail (忄).
to grasp
variant of 館|馆[guan3]

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) just borrowed some folders (官) from the small library (馆; from 图书馆) inside of the anthill (an3). She is very annoyed to find that the folders have been messed up with Chinese crullers (饣).
building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1]

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) just borrowed some folders (官) from the small library (馆; from 图书馆) inside of the anthill (an3). She is very annoyed to find that the folders have been messed up with Chinese crullers (饣).
surname Guan

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.
variant of 管[guan3]

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.
to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property

= + : Mnemonic symbol: an assembly belt. Can you see the vase soon falling off the assembly belt?

In anthill, Charlie Chaplin is setting up his assembly line. At the one end there is a supply of vases. In the middle of the assembly line, a chocolate factory fills chocolate into the vases. At the other end, the little vases with the chocolate are dumped into a large vase.
to shovel / to remove / spade / shovel
to level off / to root up
to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~

= + : Inside of the anthill, Guy Fawkes wants to drink a tequila. He already found the salt, but now he's looking for a lemon with his feelers. There's a very mysterious object on the table: it feels like a lemon, but the shape is somewhat wrong. What Guy Fawkes is inspecting with his feelers is a heart.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: one or multiple feelers!
to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)

= + : Hamlet (h) ordered a tequila in the anthill (an3), but as he licked the salt (咸), drank the tequila and then bit into the fruit he found it was a mandarin (口) instead of a lemon. Angrily he yells (喊) at the bartender at once.
to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) found that there's a giant popsicle (冫) obstructing the way to the bar inside of the anthill (an3). To clear the way, she reduces (减) the size of the popsicle by scattering salt (咸) all over it.
canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a head cannon. Dorothy Gale (di) is playing the harp (曲) inside the anthill's living room (an3) while shooting an eight ball (八) from her head cannon (典).