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

瘤
癅
liú = li + ou2
old variant of 瘤[liu2]
瘤 = 留 + 疒 : Li Qingzhao (li) called her doctor because she has a strange colorful rash (疒). Just inside the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) she finds her doctor has left her a message on her answering machine (留). Listening to the message she finds out that she has a very rare tumor (瘤).
溜
liù = li + ou4
used in 冰溜[bing1 liu4]
溜
liu̅ = li + ou1
to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate
溜 = 氵 + 留 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to escape from her job (溜), which is receiving calls about defect water bottles (氵). In front of the outhouse (ou1), she quickly turns on an answering machine (留) and skates (溜) away on her ice skates (溜).
遛
liù = li + ou4
to stroll / to walk (an animal)
流
liú = li + ou2
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
流 = 㐬 + 氵 : In the outhouse's kitchen Li Qingzhao is rinsing her large bowl (which is decorated with pennants and pendants). She uses a bottle of water to rinse it. She rinses it very thoroughly so that a lot of water flows over.
隶
隸
lì = li + Ø4
attached to / scribe
隶 = 肀 + 氺 : Mnemonic symbol: the seated scribe.

Li Qingzhao (li) Just finished setting up a brand new archaic aqueduct (氺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She is very annoyed to find that five minutes later the seated scribe (隶) already tagged it using a crayon (肀).
隶
隷
lì = li + Ø4
variant of 隸|隶[li4]
隶 = 肀 + 氺 : Mnemonic symbol: the seated scribe.

Li Qingzhao (li) Just finished setting up a brand new archaic aqueduct (氺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She is very annoyed to find that five minutes later the seated scribe (隶) already tagged it using a crayon (肀).
碌
liù = li + ou4
see 碌碡[liu4 zhou5]
碌
磟
liù = li + ou4
variant of 碌[liu4]
离
離
lí = li + Ø2
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲
离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Li Qingzhao is about to leave the space station. As a souvenir she put her beret in the space station's centrifuge and got a demon mask out. Angrily she tramples on the demon mask because what she wanted was a nice and modern hat.
离 = 亠 + 凶 + 禸 : Mnemonic symbol: from 离心机 or 离心分离机, a centrifuge.
离
離
lí = li + Ø2
surname Li
璃
瓈
lí = li + Ø2
variant of 璃[li2]
璃 = 王 + 离 : Martin Luther King (王) and Li Qingzhao (li) want to color some glass just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). They attach their glass plate to the space station's centrifuge (离) and spin-coat the glass surface so that it gets a very nice glaze (璃).
璃
lí = li + Ø2
colored glaze / glass
璃 = 王 + 离 : Martin Luther King (王) and Li Qingzhao (li) want to color some glass just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). They attach their glass plate to the space station's centrifuge (离) and spin-coat the glass surface so that it gets a very nice glaze (璃).
璃
琍
lí = li + Ø2
(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names) / Taiwan pr. [li4] / variant of 璃[li2]
璃 = 王 + 离 : Martin Luther King (王) and Li Qingzhao (li) want to color some glass just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). They attach their glass plate to the space station's centrifuge (离) and spin-coat the glass surface so that it gets a very nice glaze (璃).
脸
臉
liǎn = li + an3
face / CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
脸 = 月 + 佥 : Li Qingzhao and General Fu Qian are enjoying the evening inside of the anthill. Li Qingzhao drank so much that she thinks Fu Qian's face looks like a big round moon.
敛
斂
liàn = li + an4
variant of 殮|殓[lian4]
敛
斂
liǎn = li + an3
to hold back / to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
猎
獵
liè = li + e4
hunting
猎 = 昔 + 犭 : Li Qingzhao (li) goes hunting (猎) with her dachshund (犭). In the elevator's bathroom (e4) the dachshund corners a milk shake (昔).
丽
麗
lì = li + Ø4
beautiful
丽 = 一 + 卩 + 丶 : This character looks like someone with a monobrow used too much Mascara.
丽 = 一 + 卩 + 丶 : Li Qingzhao and a baby seal are making each other beautiful in the space station's bathroom. Li Qingzhao helps the baby seal apply Mascara with a flute, while the baby seal paints Li Qingzhao's monobrow with a petal leaf.
丽
麗
lí = li + Ø2
Korea