Pinyin initial: "li"

The Pinyin initial "li" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "li" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "li" can appear in.

Mnemonics for li

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Characters with li

to lift up; to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
to lift / to carry in one's hand / Taiwan pr. [ling1]
good / very / very much

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A "thank you very much" card for being so good.

Everyday, Li Qingzhao (li) has been picking up the chewing gums (艮) from the ground of the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) with petal leaves (丶). One day, finally one guest approaches her and gives her a "thank you very much" card for being so good (良).
grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) delivered a sack of rice (米) to the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). They were very thankful since they were out of food, so they gave Li Qingzhao a thank you card (良) and the first dish of the new food (粮) they produced.
ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to start her grill (灬) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) with gasoline. As she ignites the liquid Gabriel (列) jumps in and saves her at the last moment from the fierce (烈) fireball.
material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess

= + : Li Qingzhao sees the matador fighting a sack of rice in the aorta's bathroom. At least she thinks she is fighting the sack of rice as he is repeatedly stabbing it. Truth is that he is working as inspector and taking samples of the rice to inspect the material.
clear / deep (of water) / swift

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) found that Liu Sanjie (刘) emptied a magical water bottle (氵) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). They're both standing waist-deep (浏) in very clear (浏) water.
to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is suffering from gonorrhea (淋) and strangury (淋). She is frequently visiting the woods (林) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) and afterwards she is using a bottle of water (氵) to clean herself since she can't use paper anymore.
to sprinkle / to drip / to pour / to drench

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is watering the forest (林) just inside the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) by sprinkling (淋) water out of a water bottle (氵).
roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge

= + + + : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to repair the anglepod's kitchen (ang2), specifically, she wants to set up a new beam on the roof (梁). To reach her goal she puts the lower end of a Christmas tree (木) into a broad water bottle (氵) so that it stands steady. She then proceeds to chop off all the branches with a cleaver (刀), so she can obtain the beam. As she lifts the beam onto the walls, she pushes off an eight ball (八), which falls down and crashes the water bottle (氵). Fortunately she won't need the water bottle anymore since she already put up the beam of the new roof (梁).
Liang Dynasty (502-557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907-923) / surname Liang
variant of 梁[liang2]
to pity

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.
to treat / to cure / therapy

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) has been having a colorful rash (疒) for a long time now, and she heard that there is a magic cup to cure her sickness in the aorta. In the kitchen (ao2) she sees a golden price cup (了) and starts drinking out of it immediately, and her colorful rash starts to disappear slowly. She still cannot believe that this price cup actually cured (疗) her rash.
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk

= + + : Li Qingzhao (li) and the silk worm (纟) are working out (练) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). They set up an Oriental Pearl Tower (东) to which they attached a huge flute (一) as horizontal beam, so that they can practice (练) pull-ups.
(small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is living next to engine, and her neighbors installed some very annoying little bells (铃) next to their entrance ((e)ng2). As a consequence she got an official decree by the emperor and a Ling Pai (令) that allows her to have them remove the bells, but as she visits the engine home no-one is there. Short-tempered she just uses her golden harpoon (钅) to take off the little annoying bells (铃).
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) has been kidnapped and chained down (连) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Luckily she has a tiny golden harpoon (钅) as a necklace (链) around her neck which she is able to pick up with her mouth, and with which she is able to pick the lock.
to split / to crack / to break open / to rend

= + : Gabriel (列) is wearing his new kilt (衣) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). Unfortunately it is way too small for him and cracks (裂) into two halves just as he is standing in front of Li Qingzhao (li), which is very embarrassing for him.
to rent

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) rented (赁) a crab (贝) to clear out the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but she also got a heap of paper (任) she has to go through in order to know how to handle the crab.
to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).