Pinyin final: "(e)ng3"

The Pinyin final "(e)ng3" 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)ng3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for (e)ng3

In the engine's living room.

Characters with (e)ng3

to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
path screened by walls on both sides

= + : Mnemonic symbol: The path screened by walls to both sides could be the grave of Marquis Yi of Zeng. In his grave, a massive set of 64 bianzhong bells was found, of which 45 were 甬钟 bells. Thus, I'm going to represent 甬 by one of these yongzhong bells.

= + : Inside of the engine, Yu the Great wanted to learn how to box. She made the right choice to wear boxing gloves, but as she had no punchbag she used a 甬钟. Like a boss she entered the ring through a path screened by walls on both sides. Unfortunately after her first punch she already had to use the first aid kit, because the bell was way too hard.
variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
Yong River 甬江[Yong3 Jiang1] in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1] / short name for Ningbo
brave

= + : Yu the Great (yu) has to show her courage (勇) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). While standing next to a yongzhong bell (甬) she'll push its power button (力) for a dare.
variant of 湧|涌[yong3]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) is playing a game inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is submerging bottles of air (氵) under a Yongzhong bell (甬), which is under water. As she turns over the bell after accumulating a lot of air, many bubbles rush forth (涌).
to bubble up / to rush forth

= + : Yu the Great (yu) is playing a game inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She is submerging bottles of air (氵) under a Yongzhong bell (甬), which is under water. As she turns over the bell after accumulating a lot of air, many bubbles rush forth (涌).
bucket / (trash) can / barrel (of oil etc) / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

= + : engine's fire alarm went off and the yongzhong bells (甬) are ringing very loudly. Inside of the engine ((e)ng3) a Christmas tree (木) is on fire, and Tommy Turtle (tu) is helping to quench the fire by spilling water on it using a wooden bucket (桶).
leap

= + : Wearing cowboy boots (⻊) Yu the Great (yu) is leaping (踊) over a yongzhong bell (甬) in the middle of the engine ((e)ng3).
leap

= + : Wearing cowboy boots (⻊) Yu the Great (yu) is leaping (踊) over a yongzhong bell (甬) in the middle of the engine ((e)ng3).
to stab / to poke / to prod / to nudge / to disclose
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) built a very (挺) special courtyard (廷) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She built it out of toy claws (扌), and here and there a toy claw is sticking out (挺) of the walls. Mother Teresa herself is sticking out (挺) her head from time to time.
vessel / small ship

= + : engine has been flooded, and inside ((e)ng3) there's water everywhere. Mother Teresa (ti) arrived with her yellow submarine (舟) and changed into a small boat (艇) to explore the remains. She's specifically looking for the former palace courtyard (廷).
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome

= + : Mencius' (孟) dachshund (犭) did a dump inside of the engine ((e)ng3) and Mencius is furious (猛). He ferociously yells at his dachshund and is in turn yelled at by Mahatma Gandhi (m) who oversees engine.
distressed / embarrassed
to alert / to warn / police

= + : Joan of Arc keeps on toasting to herself inside of the engine and she got so drunk that someone called the police. The police warns her with a megaphone that she's going to be arrested if she doesn't stop, but Joan of Arc just toasts them and drinks the next shot.
exactly / in good order / whole / complete / entire / in order / orderly / to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb

= + : James II of England (zh) has been the guardian of the engine for a long time. One day a stick figure (正) shows up with the imperial order (敕) to renovate the engine and make a fuel cell electric drive out of it. James II of England can only watch in horror as the stick figure starts overhauling the engine's living room ((e)ng3).
name of a river in Shandong province / used in person's names

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water from the 氶 river, which is sealed with a sickle.

James II of England (zh) wanted to take a sip from his 氶 water (水) bottle (氶) in the engine's living room ((e)ng3), but he hurt his hand with the sickle (㇖) which seals the bottle.
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue