Pinyin initial: "b"

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

Mnemonics for b

B is for Beelzebub.

Characters with b

惫
憊
bèi = b + ei4
exhausted
惫 = 夂 + 思 : Beelzezbub (b) watches several women wearing high heels (夂) pass by in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and thinks (思) how tiring (惫) it must be to walk in these shoes.
败
敗
bài = b + ai4
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
败 = 攵 + 贝 : Beelzebub threatens to hurt a crab with a sledgehammer should it not obey in the airplane's bathroom. The crab has no option but to declare defeat and obey Beelzebub's orders.
罢
罷
bà = b + a4
to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish
罢 = 去 + 罒 : Beelzebub (b) is on a strike (罢) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He is not a Sissy though, so he locked his arms in a concrete barrel (去) hanging right under the floor in a net (罒) so he is hard to get at. He will shout at anyone who wants to use the toilet until his demands are fulfilled.
罢
罷
ba = b + a5
(final particle, same as 吧)
邦
ba̅ng = b + ang1
country / nation / state
邦 = 丰 + 阝 : Beelzebub organized a cage battle in front of the anglepod. In a huge luxurious golden cage, the imperator and Liu Bang (刘邦) are fighting for the control over the country, which Beelzebub will grant to the winner—at least he said he will.
帮
幚
ba̅ng = b + ang1
old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]
帮 = 巾 + 邦 : Liu Bang won the cage battle in front of the anglepod (see 邦), and in the end Beelzebub helps him climb out of the cage, handing him a towel.
帮
幫
ba̅ng = b + ang1
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
帮 = 巾 + 邦 : Liu Bang won the cage battle in front of the anglepod (see 邦), and in the end Beelzebub helps him climb out of the cage, handing him a towel.
帮
幇
ba̅ng = b + ang1
old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]
帮 = 巾 + 邦 : Liu Bang won the cage battle in front of the anglepod (see 邦), and in the end Beelzebub helps him climb out of the cage, handing him a towel.
掰
ba̅i = b + ai1
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
掰 = 手 + 分 : Beelzebub (b) is terribly annoyed by a ticking under the earth in front of the airplane (ai1), so he tears the earth open and finds a ticking stopwatch (分). Although he is wearing two baseball gloves (手) he still manages to break the watch open (掰) with his hands to stop the ticking.
拜
bài = b + ai4
to pay respect / worship / visit / salute
拜 = 扌 + 王 + 一 : Martin Luther King (王) is being forced to worship (拜) Beelzebub (b) in the airplanes bathroom (ai4): Beelzebub is waving threateningly with a toy claw (扌). Martin Luther King also has to play the flute (一) for Beelzebub.
玻
bo̅ = b + o1
glass
玻 = 王 + 皮 : In front of the observatory (o1), Beelzebub (b) sold a set of beer glasses (玻) to Martin Luther King (王) for a very good price. As Martin wants to leave Beelzebub tells him that by buying the glasses, he automatically agreed to buy the very expensive drip mats made from a cow's hide (皮).
谤
謗
bàng = b + ang4
to slander / to defame / to speak ill of
谤 = 讠 + 旁 : Beelzebub (b) set up an advertising column (讠) advertising his bourbon (旁) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but after the people drink his bourbon they only speak ill of (谤) Beelzebub and his bourbon.
包
ba̅o = b + ao1
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
包 = 勹 + 巳 : Beelzebub wants to scare he elephant in front of the aorta. He shows him a colorful handbag, and just as the elephant is having a closer look, a snakes pops out and scares the elephant almost to death.
包
ba̅o = b + ao1
surname Bao
巴
ba̅ = b + a1
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
巴 = 巳 + 丨 : The snake found a sweet and sticky lollipop in front if the ashram. Just as she is about to lick it, Beelzebub turns it into a large dinosaur bone, laughing at the snake, the lollipop in his hands.
巴
ba̅ = b + a1
Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) / abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing / surname Ba / abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian / abbr. for Pakistan
吧
ba̅ = b + a1
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
吧 = 口 + 巴 : Long before Beelzebub was successful with having the snake have Adam and Eve eat the forbidden apples, he made many unsuccessful attempts. One time he was giving the snake mandarin juice out of his stall just on top of the ashram.
吧
ba = b + a5
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume.
爸
bà = b + a4
father / dad / pa / papa
爸 = 父 + 巴 : Father Time (父) took away Beelzebub's (b) lollipop (巴) in the Anchor Inn's bathroom (a4) and is now licking it himself (look closely: 爸). He says four utterly surprising words to Beelzebub: "I am your father (爸)". Beelzebub cries and falls down a long air ventilation shaft.
炮
ba̅o = b + ao1
to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating