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

bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a huge rock (石) in his huge bowl (碗) in the anthill (an3). He uses a big winding machine (宛) to pull the rock out of the bowl.
variant of 碗[wan3]
variant of 碗[wan3]
variant of 碗[wan3]
graceful / tactful
to sigh in regret or pity / Taiwan pr. [wan4]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) accidentally drops his flail (忄) into the winding machine (宛) in the anthill (an3), ruining the flail and the machine. As he realizes his mistake he slowly sighs in regret (惋).
rare

= + : Hamlet (h) caught very rare (罕) dried fruits (干) with a butterfly net (⺳) to share with his friends in the anthill's living room (an3).
to develop / to evolve / to practice / to perform / to play / to act

= + : Maud Younger (y) and her plush tiger (寅) are drinking inside of the anthill (an3). Maud is drinking bai jiu, but her plush tiger is just pretending: he acts as if he was drinkingn bai jiu, but secretly he exchanges the booze with water from a bottle of water (氵) next to him.
(bound form) to dispatch; to send / (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) wants to get a coat made out of mosquitoes, so she dispatches (遣) the bounty hunter (追) to go hunt mosquitoes (虫) for her in the anthill (an3).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a dispatch (ger. "Depesche", the old fashioned letter).
to censure / to reprimand

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) finds a dispatch (遣) has been posted to the anthill's (an3) advertising column (讠) scolding (谴) her reign. Angrily the tears down the dispatch and puts on her own one threatening with punishment (谴) to anyone who posts a dispatch criticizing (谴) her reign.
mistaken / erroneous / contradictory

= + : Just when Chantal Chicken (chu) was watching the last five minutes of the world championship inside of the anthill (an3), a bat (夕) landed on the TV's antenna (㐄), leading to an erroneous (舛) signal on the screen. Chantal's life really is full of trouble and misfortune (舛).
to collect / to hoard / to accumulate / to save

= + : Each month, Zorro (z) is personally collecting (攒) the money from his patrons (赞) with a toy claw (扌) by chasing them down in the anthill (an3).
warm / to warm

= + : The sun (日) got Nelson Newt (nu) from the pet shop and inspects him inside of the anthill (an3). He is frozen and not moving at all. She also got a flow chart (爰) on how to make him come alive. On the flow chart, there is one box "heat (暖) him up", and there is one arrow starting and ending at the box. Therefore (爰), the sun slowly warms (暖) Nelson Newt with her warm light.
old variant of 暖[nuan3]

= + : The sun (日) got Nelson Newt (nu) from the pet shop and inspects him inside of the anthill (an3). He is frozen and not moving at all. She also got a flow chart (爰) on how to make him come alive. On the flow chart, there is one box "heat (暖) him up", and there is one arrow starting and ending at the box. Therefore (爰), the sun slowly warms (暖) Nelson Newt with her warm light.
variant of 暖[nuan3]

= + : The sun (日) got Nelson Newt (nu) from the pet shop and inspects him inside of the anthill (an3). He is frozen and not moving at all. She also got a flow chart (爰) on how to make him come alive. On the flow chart, there is one box "heat (暖) him up", and there is one arrow starting and ending at the box. Therefore (爰), the sun slowly warms (暖) Nelson Newt with her warm light.
variant of 暖[nuan3], warm

= + : The sun (日) got Nelson Newt (nu) from the pet shop and inspects him inside of the anthill (an3). He is frozen and not moving at all. She also got a flow chart (爰) on how to make him come alive. On the flow chart, there is one box "heat (暖) him up", and there is one arrow starting and ending at the box. Therefore (爰), the sun slowly warms (暖) Nelson Newt with her warm light.
slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and the silk worm (纟) opened a business which is doing really bad. They don't stress things and talk about it in the anthill (an3). In a relaxed (缓) atmosphere and very unhurriedly (缓) they explain each other via sophisticated flow charts (爰) how they are going to make their start-up work.
to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate

= + : Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.
old variant of 犬[quan3]
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting

= + 氿 : Robinson Crusoe (r) finds that there is a small mountain spring (氿) in the anthill (an3). Unfortunately it is contaminated (染) by a plastic Christmas tree (木) standing next to it. The BPA and dye from the Christmas tree leak into the water and change the creek's color (染).