Pinyin initial: "p"

The Pinyin initial "p" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "p" 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 "p" can appear in.

Mnemonics for p

P is for Pinocchio.

Characters with p

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

= + : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Pinocchio (p) wants to improve his stereo and thinks of using a shallow bowl (皿) as a sound bowl. To find out its natural frequency he has a flower pot (盆) roll inside the bowl to and fro and stops the periodicity using a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up

= + : Pinocchio (p) climbs a giant lollipop (巴) inside the ashram's kitchen (a2) to get to the upper level, since the steps are broken. He uses claws (爪) to be able to climb the lollipop.
gown (lined)

= + : Pinocchio (p) is getting ready to go out in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He is dressing a long gown (袍), a royal ermine coat (衤), and a colorful handbag (包).
surname Pan
surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes

= + : Pinocchio (p) is growing tomatoes (番) in front of the anthill (an1). To make them grow even better he creates a pan flute (潘) out of water bottles (氵) to call Pan (潘) who uses his magic powers to make the tomatoes grow very quickly.
to puff / to spout / to spray / to spurt

= + : Pinocchio (p) is expecting a very honored guest (贲) in the encampment. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) he sprays (喷) a lot of mandarin (口) perfume to make his guest feel well when she arrives.
(of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff

= + : Pinocchio (p) is waiting for his blind date (逢) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but unfortunately there is a lot of disheveled (蓬) artificial lawn (艹) lying around which destroys the otherwise nice atmosphere.
surname Peng

= + : Pinocchio (p) is waiting for his blind date (逢) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), but unfortunately there is a lot of disheveled (蓬) artificial lawn (艹) lying around which destroys the otherwise nice atmosphere.
sail

= + : Pinocchio (p) is on a blind date (逢) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). His blind date is covered under a sail (篷). Pinocchio curiously tries to feel what is under the sail, and gets hold of a bamboo stick (⺮). Immediately Pinocchio is very excited about his date and is very confident that the other person is a very good match.
copious / abundant

= + + : Pinocchio (p) wants to clean his flute (一) very thoroughly, so he makes use of the abundant (沛) water bottles (氵) and towels (巾) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) to rinse and dry his flute in turns many times.
to respect / to wear (belt etc)

= + : Pinocchio (p) helps Rosa Luxemburg (亻) make a girdle in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He is standing on a small table (凧) and his holding a towel (凧), stretching out his arms so that it hangs flat in front of him. With a single complicated and elaborate hit of her saber (佩), Rosa Luxemburg cuts out an ornamented girdle (佩) and wears it (佩). Pinocchio thinks she's awesome and he admires (佩) her very much.
girdle ornaments

= + : Pinocchio (p) helps Rosa Luxemburg (亻) make a girdle in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). He is standing on a small table (凧) and his holding a towel (凧), stretching out his arms so that it hangs flat in front of him. With a single complicated and elaborate hit of her saber (佩), Rosa Luxemburg cuts out an ornamented girdle (佩) and wears it (佩). Pinocchio thinks she's awesome and he admires (佩) her very much.
amber

= + : Pinocchio (p) wants to stone Martin Luther King Jr. (王) to death by throwing amber (珀) at him in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Martin incessantly waves with his white flag (白) and finally Pinocchio spares him.
to climb (by pulling oneself up) / to implicate / to claim connections of higher status

= + : Pinocchio (p) is playing catch with a friend in front of the anthill (an1). Although he has a very large baseball glove (手), the last throw was way too high for him: the ball landed on top of a cage (樊) standing in front of the anthill. Pinocchio will have to climb (攀) on the cage to retrieve the ball.
surname Peng

= + : Menomic symbol: Peng Zu, a legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years.

When Pinocchio (p) wants to cook lunch in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he always finds Peng Zu (彭) asleep on the kitchen counter. He finds it very gross because Peng zu has a very long Santa Clause beard (彡) and so Pinocchio wakes him up and scares him away using a big archaic drum (壴).
swollen

= + : In engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) the moon (月) fell on Peng Zu's (彭) head and Pinocchio (p) finds his head is swelling (膨) more and more.
cooking method / to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)

= + : Pinocchio (p) is boiling (烹) Joseph Henry (亨) alive on a grill (灬) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
variant of 胚[pei1]