Pinyin initial: "s"

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

Mnemonics for s

Socrates.

Characters with s

to raise / to rear / to feed

= + : Socrates (s) and the manager (司) are rearing (饲) a Chinese cruller (饣) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). To do so in zero gravity, they rear it from two sides.
used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5]
Bodhisattva / surname Sa

= + + : In his quest to obtain bodhicitta (萨) Socrates (s) is manufacturing pizzas (萨) out of sheets of artificial lawn (艹) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). The pizzas are passing by on an assembly belt (产) and at the other end they are devoured by the pope (阝).
thirty

= + : Just as Socrates is using the ashram's bathroom the water of the river is swelling so much that he will have to swim unless he uses a boat or something similar. Socrates thinks that this is the perfect opportunity to try out a model he had in mind for a long time. With thirty flutes he builds an inverted pyramid and yes, it floats!

= + : Thirty is a square pyramidal number, that is you can built a pyramid with a square base (of four times four items in that layer) out of fourty things.
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop

= + : Socrates' (s) beard has already grown very long (镸) and he wants to do something about it in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Without the slightest scruple (肆) he uses a decorator's brush (聿) to paint his beard pink.
chirping of birds

= + : Shakespeare is setting up a Christmas tree in the aorta's bathroom. He's putting a pyramid on top, out of which every full hour a mechanical bird pops out to chirp a song, just like in a cuckoo clock.
shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate
smell of urine
stingy

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: stingray.

The stingy stingray (啬) and the mean crocodile (丷) want to return (回) to the river using the elevator's toilet (e4), but lots of dirt (土) is blocking their way. They ask the elevator's boss Socrates (s) for help, but he doesn't make his hands dirty so he starts a boring monologue about living as an expat. As the stingray and the crocodile realize he won't help them they start crying out loudly.
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel

= + + + : Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).
old gentleman / old man

= + : Socrates (s) is cooking with the old gentleman (叟) in the outhouse (ou3). They use mortars (臼) to process branches (支) which they want to use to cook a soup.
to search

= + : The old gentleman (叟) wants to enter the outhouse. In front of the outhouse (ou1) he has to undergo a security check, and Socrates (s) searches (搜) his belongings using a toy claw (扌).
classifier for ships / Taiwan pr. [sao1]

= + : Socrates (s) wants to take out the old gentleman (叟) in front of the outhouse (ou1). As a special surprise he picks the old gentleman up with his only one (艘) yellow submarine (舟).
older brother's wife / sister-in-law

= + : Because Bessie Coleman (s) is married to the old gentleman (叟) she is Socrate's (s) sister-in-law (嫂). They're all meeting in the aorta (ao3) for a family gathering.
(bound form) mulberry tree

= + : Socrates (s) plants a mulberry tree (桑) in front of the anglepod (ang1). He incorporated a fertilizer into the ground which he made by boxing a Christmas tree (木) to pieces. Subsequently he hardens the ground around the mulberry tree by boxing it with a boxing glove (叒). He then distributes three boxing gloves (叒) around the stem of the tree to protect it against freezing during the winter.
surname Sang
old variant of 桑[sang1]
throat / voice

= + : Socrates (s) has a sore throat (嗓), so he mixes himself a smoothie containing fresh mandarins (口) and mulberries (桑) inside the anglepod (ang3).
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

= + : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing a game of sheepshead with Socrates, the firefly and the monk. She is in a team with the firefly (曾) playing against Socrates (s) and the monk (僧).
trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect)

= + : Socrates (s) is riding a unicorn (马) in front of the aorta (ao1), but the unicorn is constantly complaining (骚) that Socrates stinks (骚) and is flea- (蚤) infected.