Pinyin final: "an2"

The Pinyin final "an2" 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 "an2" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an2

In the anthill's kitchen.

Characters with an2

variant of 船[chuan2]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

= + + : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
cold / poor / to tremble

= + + + + : After the nuclear war the nuclear winter (寒) followed, and now the well (井) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) is frozen (寒). Hamlet (h) first puts a graduation cap (宀) over the well to protect it from radioactive fallout, then he breaks the ice by throwing a big eightball (八) into the well. Finally he is able to suck up some fresh water using a flute (一), although he discovers that under the ice beautiful blossoms (⺀) have grown.
see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
along / to follow (a line, tradition etc) / to carry on / to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) / border / edge

沿 = + + : Maud Younger (y) hides a huge mandarin (口) under a table (几) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She doesn't want anyone to touch it, so she marks the border (沿) of the forbidden zone using water bottles (氵).
hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) emptied her water bottle (氵) and is aiming to replenish (替) it in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Secretly (潜) she fills her water bottle by submerging (潜) it in a big water-filled flower pot.
to pity

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.
ashamed

= + : The King of Chu (c) just entered the anthill (an2) and is very ashamed (惭). He got his flail (忄) stuck in his lawn mower (斩) and now he cannot get it out, so he has to ask his friends for help, which is really embarrassing for him.
variant of 慚|惭[can2]

= + : The King of Chu (c) just entered the anthill (an2) and is very ashamed (惭). He got his flail (忄) stuck in his lawn mower (斩) and now he cannot get it out, so he has to ask his friends for help, which is really embarrassing for him.
see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]
phlegm / spittle
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

= + : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.
to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

= + 广 + : Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).
bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title

= + : When Marie Curie (xi) goes to war she always puts on her seven-league boots (行) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), puts her golden harpoon (钅) into her mouth like the bit of a bridle (衔) and gets going. For being so fast at the battle field she has been awarded a very high rank (衔) and a special title (衔).
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
long robe (old)

= + 𧘇 : Did you know that it was Yu the Great (yu) and the giant (吉) who captured Yuan (袁) Shikai at the end of the war for the republic in 1916? They waited for him just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) and wrapped him up in a long robe (袁) as soon as he entered.
surname Yuan

= + 𧘇 : Did you know that it was Yu the Great (yu) and the giant (吉) who captured Yuan (袁) Shikai at the end of the war for the republic in 1916? They waited for him just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) and wrapped him up in a long robe (袁) as soon as he entered.
coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]

= + : The Queen of Hearts has become paranoid recently and thinks all the world wants her money. She hid all her money inside of a floating tank in the anthill's kitchen and guards it with a golden harpoon.
surname Qian

= + : The Queen of Hearts has become paranoid recently and thinks all the world wants her money. She hid all her money inside of a floating tank in the anthill's kitchen and guards it with a golden harpoon.