Pinyin initial: "chu"

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

Mnemonics for chu

Chu is for Chantal Chicken.

Characters with chu

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
to rush / to charge / to dash / to break through / to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

= + : Chantal Chicken watches the unicorn's power as it breaks through a heavy door inside the anglepod.
generous / ample / wide / spacious / well-off / to grip
variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.
hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) wants to hammer the weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) into shape (锤). She uses a golden harpoon (钅) as chisel and a hammer (锤) to shape the willow as she wishes.
kitchen

= + + : Chantal Chicken (chu) uses a magic kitchen utensil (厨) just inside the space station's bathroom (Ø2). First she throws a bunch of beans (豆) into her machine, which get magically changed to cocoa beans. She can then feed the cocoa beans into her chocolate factory (厂) and get some very tasty chocolate. Chantal Chicken inspects the factory and as she sees the chocolate coming out she thumbs up (寸).
to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a lawn mower.

Just inside the space station's entrance the crane and Chantal Chicken are using a lawn mower to shred pig snouts to pieces so that they can pick up and eat the pieces.
variant of 輟|辍[chuo4]
Japanese variant of 傳|传
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father
chick / young bird
surname Chu
bedbug
armlet / bracelet
surname Chuan
to dismiss from office / to expel
pestle / to poke
ancient firearm / gun
mallet / pestle / beetle (for wedging or ramming)
name of a river in Anhui