Pinyin initial: "su"

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

Mnemonics for su

Su is for Susan Saint Bernard.

Characters with su

classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests)

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) meets a bat (夕) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). They make a bet: The one who is older (岁) will be allowed to eat the other using a fork (山).
surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联 / abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏 / abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a new business (办) in front of the space station (Ø1). She is growing wild red basil (苏) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) which provide just the right nutrients. Because it will take the basil really long to grow, Susan Saint Bernard just takes a nap. When the basil is big enough she will wake up (苏) and sell it.
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid

= + : The rooster (酉) and Susan Saint Bernard (su) where once friends, but recently they haven been fighting over a lover. Because they are both wuxia (夋) superheroes, they have been fighting for three days in front of the anthill (an1) without determining a winner. Finally they decide to settle their sour (酸) dispute and share a tart (酸) tarte to renew their friendship.
surname Su

宿 = + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).
lodge for the night / old / former

宿 = + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).
old variant of 宿[su4]

宿 = + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) runs a hostel (宿) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but tonight it is reserved for all of her kids. Her one hundred kids (佰) graduated from college and are back for a big celebration, each of them wearing their graduation cap (宀).
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]

= 宿 + : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).
to model (a figure) in clay

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) is afraid of a spring tide in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) since it's the first day of the lunar month (朔), so she models (塑) a Hauke Haien out of clay (土) to help her build a dike.
to go upstream / to trace the source
variant of 溯[su4]
archaic variant of 遂[sui4]
to satisfy / to succeed / then / thereupon / finally / unexpectedly / to proceed / to reach

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: hemiplegia (半身不遂).

The mean crocodile (丷) has been observing the swine (豕) try on its gladiator sandals (辶) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) for quite some time. As it is ready to charge it is assaulted by Susan Saint Bernard (su) who bites the crocodile and instantly causes it to suffer from hemiplegia (遂) through her venom, thereupon (遂) giving the swine enough time to escape with its new gladiator sandals.
used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2] / Taiwan pr. [sui4]
tunnel / underground passage

= + : The Pope (阝) found a secret tunnel (隧) leading directly to Susan Saint Bernard's (su) lair in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), but as he wants to enter he suddenly suffers from hemiplegia (遂).
marrow / essence / quintessence / pith (soft interior of plant stem)
variant of 算[suan4], to calculate
garlic / CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]
old variant of 隨|随[Sui2]
archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive