Pinyin final: "a4"

The Pinyin final "a4" 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 "a4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for a4

In the ashram's bathroom.

Characters with a4

to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

= + : Napoleon (n) took a tiny CT scan (内) of the silk worm (纟) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). The silkworm is relieved when it receives (纳) the scan and realizes that everything is ok.
astounded

= + : Maud Younger (y) is astounded (讶) to find that her removed wisdom teeth (牙) are advertised for sale on an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
see 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]
Bodhisattva / surname Sa

= + + : In his quest to obtain bodhicitta (萨) Socrates (s) is manufacturing pizzas (萨) out of sheets of artificial lawn (艹) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). The pizzas are passing by on an assembly belt (产) and at the other end they are devoured by the pope (阝).
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to investigate the chocolate factory (厂) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but it is located on a tall building (厦). He cannot climb the tall building alone, so he asks a sherpa (夏) for help.
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [ya3]

= + : What is Asia famous for? Many people will say for its food. Let's say that 亚 is for 麻婆豆腐. Maud Younger is eating a plate of Mapo Doufu in the ashram's bathroom, when a bullfrog steals the plate by snatching it away with his tongue. His punishment follows at once by Maud Younger beating him over the head with a flute.
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Ya3]

= + : What is Asia famous for? Many people will say for its food. Let's say that 亚 is for 麻婆豆腐. Maud Younger is eating a plate of Mapo Doufu in the ashram's bathroom, when a bullfrog steals the plate by snatching it away with his tongue. His punishment follows at once by Maud Younger beating him over the head with a flute.
to hang or suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried or concerned / to make a phone call (dialect) / to register or record / classifier for sets or clusters of objects / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam)

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) cleaned all her jade tablets (圭) by putting them in the ashram's washing mashine (a4). Now she is putting them on the clothes hanger (挂) using a toy claw (扌).
divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
thirty

= + : Just as Socrates is using the ashram's bathroom the water of the river is swelling so much that he will have to swim unless he uses a boat or something similar. Socrates thinks that this is the perfect opportunity to try out a model he had in mind for a long time. With thirty flutes he builds an inverted pyramid and yes, it floats!

= + : Thirty is a square pyramidal number, that is you can built a pyramid with a square base (of four times four items in that layer) out of fourty things.
component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3]

= + : Looks like an antenna. Karl Koala set up his amateur radio transmitter in the ashram's bathroom. To increase the range, he put up a big cross and a sickle and put his antenna on top of this construction.
socks / stockings

= + : Jehova's witness (末) is trying to sell a royal ermine coat (衤) to Willy Walrus (w) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Willy is already quite satisfied with his sock (袜) which he wears like a sleeping bag.
variant of 襪|袜[wa4]

= + : Jehova's witness (末) is trying to sell a royal ermine coat (衤) to Willy Walrus (w) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Willy is already quite satisfied with his sock (袜) which he wears like a sleeping bag.
variant of 韤|袜[wa4]

= + : Jehova's witness (末) is trying to sell a royal ermine coat (衤) to Willy Walrus (w) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Willy is already quite satisfied with his sock (袜) which he wears like a sleeping bag.
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
to be surprised / to be astonished

= + : After his graduation Charlie Chaplin (ch) just stays at home playing video games (宅), so one day he is extremely astonished (诧) to find an advertising column (讠) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) advertising job offers.
again and again / many

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hot tub.

Tecumseh (t) set up the sun (日) so that it heats up a small water fountain (水) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) so that it becomes a hot tub. Tecumseh jumps out of the hot tub again and again (沓) to cool down a bit before continuing to bathe.
surname Ta

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a hot tub.

Tecumseh (t) set up the sun (日) so that it heats up a small water fountain (水) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) so that it becomes a hot tub. Tecumseh jumps out of the hot tub again and again (沓) to cool down a bit before continuing to bathe.
to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

= + : Tecumseh (t) tries on his new cowboy boots (⻊) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but accidentally he tramples (踏) all over his hot tub (沓).