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

classifier for a ream of paper
surname Leng

= + : Inside of the engine, Sir Lancelot kind of misuses the superpower the emperor gave him. He shows everyone his 令牌 and tells them that it is his task to collect all really nice and cool popsicles so that he can cool down a bit.
cold

= + : Inside of the engine, Sir Lancelot kind of misuses the superpower the emperor gave him. He shows everyone his 令牌 and tells them that it is his task to collect all really nice and cool popsicles so that he can cool down a bit.
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

= + : Li Qingzhao wants to explore the catacombs below engine, which can only be accessed from inside engine. Because it is so dangerous down there she has to hand in a piece of paper with her name and gets back a name-tag which she has to clip to her dog collar so that she can be identified should something go wrong.
mountain range / mountain ridge
swimming / to swim

= + : Yu the Great (yu) is swimming (泳) through a sea of diamond rings (永) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). It is very exhausting, so she often has to take sips from her water bottle (氵).
to understand / to comprehend

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is seeking to understand the inner structure of antiques (董) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). To see the inner structure he smashes the antiques with a flail (忄).
to get rid of / to put aside / to reject / to keep control / to hold (one's breath)
to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request

= + : The Queen of Hearts set up a fountain of youth right in the middle of the engine. She invites everyone to take a sip and even set up an advertising column to motivate the visitors to come and try it.
to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

= + : The president (统) wants to unite (统) the country, so he sets up free mobile phone chargers (充) for everyone inside of the engine ((e)ng3). As soon as he plugged in the first few chargers there are already a silk worm (纟) and Tommy Turtle (tu) peacefully sitting next to each other to charge their phones.
to have a taut face
round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1]

= + : Brunhilde (bi) creates a new superfood inside of the engine ((e)ng3) by combining (并) a Chinese cruller (饣) with a flat bread (饼).
(literary) bright; brilliant / honest; upright
surname Geng
bright / honest / upright
to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a towering (耸) web inside of the engine ((e)ng3). When she catches her first prey she is very excited (耸), but then she finds out it is only a rubber chicken (从) and shrugs her shoulders (耸). Because she has no ears (耳) she cannot hear the rubber chicken (从) scream in despair.
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

= + : Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.
velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family / bright

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a very unhappy-looking velvetleaf plant.

= + + : Inside of the engine, Zeus is looking for the velvetleaf plant. He even has a map where it should be, but he can't find a single one. Frustrated he sits down on these funny round black stones, eats a mandarin and studies the map again. He doesn't realize that the black rocks are eight-balls, and that they have crushed the unhappy velvetleaf plants.
to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to

= + : A rooster (酉) is waking up (醒) Marie Curie (xi) in the engine ((e)ng3) just as the sun rises. Marie is very upset and throws a satellite (星) at the rooster to make him stop.
to deceive / to coax / to amuse (a child)