Pinyin initial: "m"

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

Mnemonics for m

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

Characters with m

么

麽

me = m + e5

variant of 麼|么[me5]

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

魔

mó = m + o2

devil / magic

魔 = 麻 + 鬼 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to become a famous magician (魔) and practices in the observatory's kitchen (o2). He has a demon (鬼) tie him up using hemp fiber (麻). His magic (魔) trick will be to undo the ties just using his teeth.

魅

mèi = m + ei4

demon / magic / to charm

魅 = 未 + 鬼 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been hiding behind a Christmas tree (未) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) for days now. Finally he discovers what he has been waiting for: the phantom (魅) of the Eiffel Tower is a very charismatic (魅) demon (鬼).

蛮

蠻

mán = m + an2

barbarian / bullying / very / quite / rough / reckless

蛮 = 亦 + 虫 : The also-ran (亦) arrived very exhausted at the anthill's kitchen (an2) when she accidentally steps on a mosquito (虫). Mahatma Gandhi (m) sees the incident and calls the also-ran a barbarian (蛮).

迈

邁

mài = m + ai4

to take a step / to stride

迈 = 万 + 辶 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) connected 10000 neurons (万) to a pair of gladiator sandals (辶) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). He is about to take the first step (迈) just using his mind.

脉

䘑

mài = m + ai4

old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

脉 = 月 + 永 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is getting married to the moon (月) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The moon puts a diamond ring (永) on Gandhi's finger which is so tight that Gandhi's arteries and veins (脉) are getting all bound off.

脉

衇

mài = m + ai4

variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

脉

脈

mài = m + ai4

arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

脉

脈

mò = m + o4

see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]

枚

méi = m + ei2

classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc / tree trunk / whip / wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)

枚 = 木 + 攵 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is recycling a Christmas tree (木) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) using a sledgehammer (攵). There are a lot of coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc (枚) popping out of the mess.

枚

méi = m + ei2

surname Mei

玫

méi = m + ei2

(fine jade) / see 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]

玫

méi = m + ei2

(fine jade) / used in 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]

妹

mèi = m + ei4

younger sister

妹 = 女 + 未 : Bessie Coleman, (女) her younger sister (妹), Mahatma Gandhi (m) and Ai Weiwei (未) are playing a game of Schafkopf in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Somehow Bessie and her sister always end up in the same team, which makes Mahatma Gandhi and Ai Weiwei very suspicious.

陌

mò = m + o4

raised path / street

陌 = 百 + 阝 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) meets the pope (阝) in the observatory. In the bathroom (o4) he finds that's where the pope keeps all his money, The floor is covered waist-deep in 100 yuan bills (百) and there are raised paths (陌) so that you can still walk around and use the bathroom.

摩

mó = m + o2

to rub

摩 = 手 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a complicated machine which in essence uses many flax fiber (麻) ropes to operate baseball gloves (手) in the observatory's kitchen (o2). The machine is set up so that Mahatma Gandhi has the baseball gloves massage (摩) his back when he pulls the right ropes.

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一 : A beautiful unicorn rides on top of Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram.

吗

嗎

má = m + a2