Pinyin initial: "li"

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

Mnemonics for li

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Characters with li

to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
sparse and clear

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sparse (which means most elements are zero) matrix. The character 㸚 itself looks like a matrix. Li Qingzhao (li) is developing a new notation in the space station's living room (Ø3) where she notes down a sparse matrix (㸚) using the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams (爻).
to stop / to connect
surname Lian

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
Li ethnic group of Hainan Province / surname Li / abbr. for Lebanon 黎巴嫩[Li2 ba1 nen4]

= + + : Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.
(literary) black / dark / many / multitude

= + + : Just before dawn, when it is still very black (黎), Li Qingzhao (li) is having cereals (禾) for breakfast just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's resting at the side of a water fountain (氽) when a bat (勿) flies into her cereals because it is so dark (黎). Disgusted Li Qingzhao throws the bowl of cereals with the bat into the water fountain.
to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao

= + + : Li Qingzhao (li) and the father of emperor Yao (夌) are racing through engine's entrance ((e)ng2). During their race they have to wear high heels (夂) and walk over mud (土) and eight-balls (八).
mound / tomb / hill / mountain

= + : Li Qingzhao (li), the father of emperor Yao (夌) and the pope (阝) are in a competition over who will have the largest tomb (陵) mound (陵). They are all busy heaping up hills (陵) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat

= + : The father of emperor Yao (夌) is approaching (凌) Li Qingzhao (li) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As he arrives he asks for ice cream (冰激凌), and Li Qingzhao produces a popsicle (冫) from the freezer. As she takes out the popsicle she notices thick ice (凌) has built up in the freezer.
surname Ling

= + : The father of emperor Yao (夌) is approaching (凌) Li Qingzhao (li) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As he arrives he asks for ice cream (冰激凌), and Li Qingzhao produces a popsicle (冫) from the freezer. As she takes out the popsicle she notices thick ice (凌) has built up in the freezer.
old variant of 留[liu2]
surname Liao
bureaucrat / colleague
the sound of the wind / to soar

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Icarus' wings.

Li Qingzhao (li) has always been dreaming of soaring (翏) through the air and finally she is making her dream come true. In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) she finishes her Icarus' wings (翏) which she made out of the many feathers (羽) she collected. To not be annoyed by the sound of the wind (翏) too much she puts on a big afro (㐱) which acts as muffler.
empty / lonesome / very few
ceremonial vessel / variant of 禮|礼[li3]