Pinyin initial: "tu"

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

Mnemonics for tu

Tu is for Tommy Turtle.

Characters with tu

tuán = tu + an2

dumpling

tuí = tu + ei2

to crumble / to collapse / to decline / to decay / decadent / dejected / dispirited / balding

tù = tu + Ø4

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses) / also called 菟絲子|菟丝子

tuó = tu + o2

Japanese variant of 馱|驮

tuó = tu + o2

(horse)

tuò = tu + o4

watchman's rattle

tuì = tu + ei4

skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell

tuó = tu + o2

ostrich

tùn = tu + (e)n4

to slip out of sth / to hide sth in one's sleeve

tuì = tu + ei4

to take off (clothes) / to shed feathers / (of color) to fade / to discolor

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

grind

tuǒ = tu + o3

length of 2 outstretched arms

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

variant of 同[tong2] (used as a surname and in given names)

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

servant boy

tún = tu + (e)n2

to store / hoard

tòng = tu + (e)ng4

grief

tuó = tu + o2

main beam of roof

tǔ = tu + Ø3

thorium (chemistry)

tuó = tu + o2

catfish / a kind of small fish / Chinese alligator