Pinyin final: "an4"

The Pinyin final "an4" 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 "an4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for an4

In the anthill's bathroom.

Characters with an4

(legal) case / incident / record / file / table

= + : Albert Einstein (Ø) is being accused of being a counter revolutionary capitalist (案). He is restrained to a Christmas tree (木) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) by a safety belt (安) fixed to the tree and to his ankle so that he can't run away. Anyway he uses his time to have a close look at his file (案).
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).
courtyard / institution / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : The pope (阝) wants to join the cloister (寺院), but first he has to pass Yu the Great's (yu) test. He has to run as fast as he can from Vatikan City to the anthill's bathroom (an4), where the entrance to the cloister is. As he arrives at the bathroom huffing and puffing, Yu the Great is waving with a checkered flag.
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
fantasy

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is working hard pulling a plough (㇆) through the anthill's bathroom (an4), but in her fantasy (幻) she is a dealer at a casino dealing aces (幺) to the players.
to dazzle / to boast / to show off / (slang) cool / awesome
to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

= + : Karl Marx wants to use anthill's bathroom, but when the Eye of Providence is watching he's not able to, so he uses a big baseball glove to get some privacy.
to fight / fight / war / battle

= + : James II of England (zh) prepares to fight a war (战) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He has a spear (戈) as a weapon and a yellow umbrella (占) as shield, following his hero Leonidas.
old variant of 豔|艳[yan4]

= + : The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).
variant of 艷|艳[yan4]

= + : The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).
colorful / splendid / gaudy / amorous / romantic / to envy

= + : The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).
variant of 艷|艳[yan4]

= + : The glamorous (艳) Maud Younger (y) challenges you for a dice game (色) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). If you win, you can follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰), but if you loose, you have to follow her into her romantic (艳) golden cage (丰).
to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) purchased artificial lawn (艹) and a floppy disc (存) from the internet to offer sacrifice (荐) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). When she burns the artificial lawn and the floppy disc it gives a terrible smell, but Joan of Arc is satisfied how fast the things burn so she writes a very approving recommendation (荐) on the internet.
to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

= + + : In anthill's bathroom it's Susan Saint Bernard versus the Eye of Providence. The Eye of Providence figures that it has no chances against Susan Saint Bernard who yields two double-axes, while he has only a bamboo stick. He calculates that his chance of survival is rather low.
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent
to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

= + : Inside of the anthill's bathroom, Einstein safety-belt base-jumped off of the bathroom stall, but got stuck halfway. Now he tries to push the safety-belt's button at the top of the stall with the help of a long toy claw.
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole

= + : Don Quixote had a terrible night and needs one coffee more this morning. Carrying a toy claw over his shoulder, he carries two really large mugs at each end of the claw through anthill's bathroom, using the claw as a shoulder pole.
to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

= + : Beelzebub (b) is busy torturing souls in the anthill's bathroom (an4). His victims have to dress up (扮) as their parents, and they have only one minute time, as Beelzebub is stopping the time with a stopwatch (分). Additionally, he is beating them and pulling at their clothes with a toy claw (扌).
variant of 捍[han4]

= + : A marmot (旱) wants to cuddle with Hamlet (h) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but Hamlet wards (捍) the marmot off with a toy claw (扌).