Pinyin final: "(e)n3"

The Pinyin final "(e)n3" 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 "(e)n3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)n3

In the encampment's living room.

Characters with (e)n3

settled / steady / stable

= + : Willy Walrus (w) urgently (急) has to go to the bathroom, but his task is to guard the royal cereals (禾) in the encampment ((e)n3) so he stays steadily (稳) where he is.
secret / hidden / concealed / (prefix) crypto-

= + : The pope (阝) and Maud Younger (y) both need to go to the bathroom in the encampment ((e)n3) urgently (急), but they both forgot the secret (隐) pass phrase so they cannot open the door.
addiction / craving

= + : Maud Younger (y) is addicted (瘾) to cracking pass phrases (隐) in the encampment ((e)n3). If she doesn't crack a password for a while she gets a colorful rash (疒).
ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3]

= + : Hamlet (h) is walking his dachshund (犭) in the encampment ((e)n3). Suddenly the dachshund gets stuck in a chewing gum (艮). The chewing gum is so fierce (狠) that Hamlet has a hard time pulling his dachshund out again.
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: a system administrator.

Maud Younger hired a system administrator to care for her servers in the encampment. His pay is a banana per day, which Maud puts into a fake pig snout which acts as a kind of banana holder.
surname Yin
tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

= + : In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.
to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) cannot endure (忍) life anymore. In the encampment ((e)n3) he puts his heart (心) on the floor and is ready to end his life with one streak of his bihänder (刃).
imperial robe

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is driving her magic bus (公) right through the encampment ((e)n3) and over the imperial robes (衮). She cuts them in halves, effectively creating shirts and kilts (衣). Look at the character 衮: it the bus driving right through the clothes (衣).
to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost!

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) has to watch helplessly as a bottle of water (氵) rolls (滚) over her imperial robe (衮) in the encampment ((e)n3), spilling water all over the robe.
variant of 鬒: thick hair; bushy black hair

= + : Mnemonic symbol: an Afro hairdo.

James II of England (zh) sees that Neanderthal Man (人) got a huge Afro (㐱) and know he wants one himself. In the encampment's living room ((e)n3) Neanderthal Man helps him to make his hair thicker using hair from a fake Santa Claus beard (彡) matching his natural hair color, eventually forming his hair and his extensions into a huge gray Afro.
to examine or treat medically

= + : After James II of England (zh) got his new Afro (㐱) he walks past an advertising column (讠) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). On it it is written that recently there have been many lice infestations and that everyone should go and get an examination (诊).
clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is throwing violet (堇) clay (堇) and dirt (土) at the king's cow hide (革) in the encampment ((e)n3).
cautious / careful / solemnly / sincerely (formal)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is reading a warning on an advertising column (讠) in the encampment ((e)n3). The warning says that she should be very careful (谨) about violet dirt (堇) which tends to fall off the ceiling. While Joan of Arc reads the message, a big piece of violet dirt is about to fall on her head.
brocade / embroidered work / bright

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is embroidering (锦) her silken panties (帛) using a golden harpoon (钅) as needle in the encampment ((e)n3).
to float / to deep-fry

= + : Tommy Turtle is floating in a water fountain in the encampment. Neanderthal Man is floating on the stream of water supported by Tommy Turtle.
component in Chinese character 殷[yin1]
roll of thunder
to strive

= + : Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to charge (电) her phone in the encampment ((e)n3), but she finds that the charger (电) is already occupied by a toad (黾) which charges its mandarin (口). (Can you see the mandarin connected to the charger in the character 黾?)
pillow / to pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4] for this sense)

= + : James II of England (zh) got a new treadmill (冘) for Christmas and he set it up right in front of the Christmas tree (木) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). When he falls off the treadmill for the first time he falls right into the Christmas tree, which is quite painful and teaches him a lesson. From now on, he'll strap a pillow (枕) to his back.