Pinyin final: "o1"

The Pinyin final "o1" 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 "o1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for o1

In front of the observatory.

Characters with o1

泼

潑

po̅ = p + o1

to splash / to spill / rough and coarse / brutish

泼 = 发 + 氵 : Pinocchio (p) celebrates 泼水节 in front of the observatory (o1). He dips his long hair (发) into a bottle of water (氵) and shakes his head after pulling his hair out again, thereby splashing (泼) water on everybody nearby.

剥

剝

bo̅ = b + o1

to peel / to skin / to flay / to shuck

剥 = 刂 + 录 : Beelzebub (b) is skinning (剥) his diary (录) with a kitchen knife (刂) in front of the observatory (o1).

挝

撾

wo̅ = w + o1

ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw

陂

po̅ = p + o1

rugged / uneven

撮

cuo̅ = cu + o1

to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]

蜗

蝸

wo̅ = w + o1

snail / Taiwan pr. [gua1] / see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wo1 niu2]

啰

囉

luo̅ = lu + o1

used in 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]

啰 = 口 + 罗 : The last time Lenny Lemur (lu) told a long-winded, pesky (啰) story to someone in front of Olavinlinna Caste (o1) that person gagged him with a mandarin (口) and fixed the mandarin in place with gauze (罗).

羧

suo̅ = su + o1

carboxyl radical (chemistry)

喔

o̅ = Ø + o1

I see / oh

涿

zhuo̅ = zhu + o1

place name

唆

suo̅ = su + o1

to suck / to incite

唆 = 口 + 夋 : Susan Saint Bernard (su) thought she had wicked wuxia skills (夋) but she sucks (唆) juggling even one mandarin (口) in front of the observatory (o1).

菠

bo̅ = b + o1

spinach

娑

suo̅ = su + o1

(phonetic) / see 婆娑[po2 suo1]

砵

bo̅ = b + o1

alms bowl

钵

鉢

bo̅ = b + o1