Pinyin initial: "xi"

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

Mnemonics for xi

Xi is for Marie Curie.
Alternative mnemonic for xi: Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

Characters with xi

(of water) deep and clear / (of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering
to appear / to look / form / shape

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is modding her fake Santa Clause beard (彡) into a new shape (形). With a bottle opener (开) she carves the beard in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) so that it gets a fractal (形) shape (形).
similar / resembling / to resemble / to be like

= + : The aloe vera on the moon resembles the rose on the little prince's planet. Thus I'll represent this character by the little prince.

In the aorta's bathroom, the little prince misses his asteroid and his rose so much. To comfort him, Marie Curie gives him a moon and an aloe vera to remind him of home.
surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
night

= + : When the Little Prince (肖) got his graduation cap (宀) he partied with Marie Curie (xi) all night (宵), and he woke up the next day in front of the aorta (ao1).
to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

= + : In front of the aorta (ao1) Marie Curie (xi) teaches the little prince (肖) how to peel (削) fruits using a kitchen knife (刂).
to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need

= + : In front of the aorta, Marie Curie tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.
bits / fragments / crumbs / filings / trifling / trivial / to condescend to

= + : Marie Curie (xi) and the little prince (肖) are frequently visiting a ghost (尸) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). The ghost is feeding on their dandruff (屑), therefore it's a win-win situation for all of them, but secretly they feel it beneath their dignity (不屑).
to melt (metal) / to cancel or annul / to sell / to spend / to fasten with a bolt / bolt or pin

= + : Marie Curie (xi) ordered a lot of bolts (销) from the Little Prince (肖), but she wants to cancel (销) the contract. As she meets the Little Prince in front of the aorta (ao1) she notices his big golden harpoon (钅) and rethinks her decision.
to wake up / to be awake / to become aware / to sober up / to come to

= + : A rooster (酉) is waking up (醒) Marie Curie (xi) in the engine ((e)ng3) just as the sun rises. Marie is very upset and throws a satellite (星) at the rooster to make him stop.
box (in theater) / side room / side

= + : Marie Curie (xi) set up a theater box (厢) at the exterior wall of the anglepod (ang1) and installed her chocolate factory (厂) there. She throws down chocolate to the crowd and an ent (相) catches it all.

= 广 + : Marie Curie attached a theatre box to the outside of the anglepod. For the trill of it, she's going to sky-dive jumping off of it, and down below, an ent will catch her.
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
salted / salty / stingy / miserly

= 𠮛 + : Marie Curie decided to go into retreat in the anthill's kitchen, so she blocked the entrance from the inside with her fifth wheel RV. She spent a lot of time on refining a new recipe for radioactive salt, which she finally writes down on a long scroll.
all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious
surname Xian
lane / alley

= + : Marie Curie (xi) unsuspectingly turns into a small alley (巷) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) when she is surprised by a communist (共) sitting on a snake (巳).
surname Xi

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.
variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.
woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.
to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero-

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is dating the bullfrog (业) in the anthill (an3). There is a prominent (显) sun (日) floating over the bullfrog which Marie just cannot ignore, so she has to stare at the sun barely able to say anything for the whole evening.