Pinyin final: "ao4"

The Pinyin final "ao4" 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 "ao4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao4

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters with ao4

surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together. James II of England (zh) prepares a few mandarins (口) for everyone in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by cutting them with a cleaver (刀). As he is finished he calls all the blood platelets together (召) over the intercom (召) to come over and fetch a piece.
young
kitchen stove / kitchen

= + : Zorro (z) sets up a new kitchen stove (灶) in the aorta (ao4) by building up a ring of dirt (土) and starting a fire (火) in the center.
kitchen stove / kitchen; mess; canteen
variant of 灶[zao4]

= + : Zorro (z) sets up a new kitchen stove (灶) in the aorta (ao4) by building up a ring of dirt (土) and starting a fire (火) in the center.
to surpass (old)
surname Zhao / one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC) / the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

= + : James II of England (zh) uses a pair of pliers (乂) to cut the walking sticks (走) of any Tom, Dick or Harry (张王李赵) who is walking through the aorta's bathroom (ao4).
school / military officer / CL:所[suo3]

= + : In the aorta's bathroom, Marie Curie and Linus Pauling find their Christmas presents of a lifetime under a Christmas tree. They are given the gift of being able to go to school so that they can become accomplished scientists.
to check; to collate; to proofread
to proofread / to check / to compare
temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial

= 广 + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is about to skydive. With her parachute (广) already on her back she visits the shrine (庙) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) and donates a Cubra Libre (由) to put the god of skydiving in a good mood.
to compare / to dispute / compared to / (before adj.) relatively / comparatively / rather / also pr. [jiao3]

= + : In the aorta's bathroom, Joan of Arc and Linus Pauling are comparing their cabriolets.
soap / black

= + : Zorro (z) is fighting for the public good in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Anyone who's stinky or black (皂) with dirt is forced under the shower, threatened by Zorro and his seven-branched laser sword (七). They will wave with a white flag (白) and readily take his soap (皂).
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
(bound form) omen / to foretell / million; mega- / (Tw) trillion; tera- / (old) billion

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a vulture, as the ancient Greek observed vultures and deducted omens from their behavior.

James II of England (zh) wants to know whether his coronation and his proposed eight-year plan is under a good omen (兆) and watches a vulture (兆) inside of the aorta's bathroom (ao4). In fact the vulture is ridden by Sun Wukong (儿) who is fighting a mean crocodile (丷) by throwing eight-balls (八) at it. The crocodile easily smashes the eight-balls with its large jaw. James II of England deduces that this is not a very good omen.
to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce / to palpitate

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) and the vulture (兆) are playing leapfrog (跳) inside of the aorta's bathroom (ao4) while wearing cowboy boots (⻊). They jump (跳) over each other without end.
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

= + : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet