Pinyin final: "ou4"

The Pinyin final "ou4" 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 "ou4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ou4

In the outhouse's bathroom.

Characters with ou4

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

= + : In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.
long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname

寿 = + : Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).
see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] / Taiwan pr. [zhou2]
enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out

= + : Guy Fawkes (g), the grammar nazi (句) and Manny Kant (多) want to play sheepshead in the outhouse's bathroom, but they're not enough (够) people. They are only enough (够) for skat.

This mnemonic may be a little lame, but it has to be enough (够). I have been thinking about the above sentence (句) many (多) times.
to buy / to purchase

= + : The crab (贝) is buying (购) Guy Fawkes' (g) cartoons (勾) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
beast / animal / beastly / bestial

= + + 𠮛 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) and the mean crocodile (丷) heard that there is a terrible beast (兽) in the outhouse and so they set up a trap in the bathroom (ou4). They dug a deep hole which they covered with a scroll (𠮛) on which they put a field (田) for the camouflage. Now they're waiting for the beast to fall into their trap.
comma / phrase marked by pause
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.

The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.
to entice / to tempt

= + : Maud Younger (y) is about to be lured into (诱) a talent show (秀) by an ad on an advertising column (讠) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
(of divinity) to bless / to protect
old variant of 寇[kou4]
to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy
old variant of 寇[kou4]
incantation / magic spell / curse / malediction / to revile / to put a curse on sb
variant of 咒[zhou4]
to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
surname Dou
hole / aperture / (anatomy) cavity / sinus
error; erroneous (variant of 謬|谬[miu4])
variant of 謬|谬[miu4] / error / erroneous