Pinyin final: "(e)ng3"

The Pinyin final "(e)ng3" 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 "(e)ng3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)ng3

In the engine's living room.

Characters with (e)ng3

to love / to pamper / to spoil / to favor

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) had a great life when she was a little chick growing up in the engine ((e)ng3). Her father, a dragon (龙), would always spoil her (宠) and have her sleep in his cozy graduation cap (宀).
head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is collecting the most outstanding husks (颖) from a bowl of cereals (禾) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is collecting the best husks using a ladle (匕) and puts them neatly next to each other on a sheet of paper (页).
ridge between fields / row of crops / grave mound

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is dead and the dragon (龙) prepares to bury him. He puts him in the center of the engine ((e)ng3) and lines up several rows of crop (垄) next to him. Then the dragon piles up dirt (土) until a sizable grave mound (垄) accumulated. Finally the dragon builds a circular ridge (垄) to separate the grave from the surrounding fields.
to cover / to cage / covering / also pr. [long2]
variant of 筒[tong3]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).
tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).
pitfall / trap
variant of 阱[jing3]
secure / solid

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a padlock is both secure and solid.

Although it is forbidden, van Gogh (凡) created a new piece of art by securing (巩) steel beams (工) to the rocks inside of the engine ((e)ng3) using padlocks (巩). Gitta Giraffe, who is to care about engine tries to remove the piece, but it is very solid (巩).
afraid / frightened / to fear

= + : A terrorist (恐) is harassing Karl Koala (ku) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). The terrorists frightens (恐) Karl so much that his heart (心) jumps out of his body. The terrorist then quickly grabs Karl's heart and uses a padlock (巩) to lock it away to blackmail Karl.
extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.
variant of 冗[rong3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros is looking at some liquid helium, stored in a cooking top on a table inside of the engine. Because it's superfluous, it creeps along the cooking top and flows out of it.
to satirize / to mock / to recite / Taiwan pr. [feng4]

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is mocking (讽) an advertising column (讠) in the engine ((e)ng3). The wind (风) is blowing so hard that the column has to bend a lot in order not to break.
surname Dong

= + : Doggy Dog (du) supervises (董) the space elevator (重) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). Currently it is transporting artificial lawn (艹) and antiques (古董) to the space station.
to supervise / to direct / director

= + : Doggy Dog (du) supervises (董) the space elevator (重) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). Currently it is transporting artificial lawn (艹) and antiques (古董) to the space station.
Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
hands joined

= 丿 + + : Handcuffs. Gitta Giraffe is sitting inside of the engine, her hands tied up with handcuffs. There's a flute as horizontal bar, and attached to either side are a banana and a dinosaur bone, so that she cannot slide off the chain.
to gather together; to collect / to approach; to draw near to / to add; to sum up / to comb (hair)

= + : After Lenny Lemur (lu) and the dragon (龙) finished cutting their little paper dragons inside of the engine ((e)ng3), it is time to clean up: they use toy claws (扌) to pick up and gather together (拢) the paper snippets that have fallen to the ground.
mistake / to twist

= + : Nefertiti (ni) just twisted (拧) Lenin (宁) around with a toy claw (扌) to go in the other direction in the engine ((e)ng3), but she doesn't know if it was a mistake (拧).
to clasp / to cup the hands / to hold up with both hands / to offer (esp. in cupped hands) / to praise / to flatter

= + : A crowd is cheering (捧) at Pinocchio (p) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). They believe (奉) Pinocchio is their savior and carry him using a lot of toy claws (扌), praising him.