Pinyin "lin2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lin2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "(e)n2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"
Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n2"
In the encampment's kitchen.
Characters pronounced lin2
variant of 鄰|邻[lin2]
邻
=
令
+
阝
:
Li Qingzhao (li) just entered the encampment ((e)n2) and sees that her new neighbour (邻) is the Imperator (阝). The Imperator tells her that since he is the imperator, she will have to listen to him how to tend her garden. After listening for a while Li Qingzhao pulls out her name tag (令) and shows the imperator that she is a representative of the emperor, so that the imperator has no power over her.
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]