Pinyin "ji4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "ji4" is split up into two parts: "ji" and "Ø4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "ji"

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced ji4

dose (medicine)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is preparing a dose (剂) of her medicine in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Usually she uses a gong as a nice and flat surface to prepare her medicine, but today only the drum is ready (齐). She distributes her medicine evenly and nicely on the flat surface using a kitchen knife (刂).
variant of 跡|迹[ji4]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is caring for the also-ran (亦) after she finished a marathon in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The also-ran was wearing gladiator sandals (辶) but already after half of the race they were worn through, and Joan of Arc can see the footprints (迹) the also-ran left with her bare feet when she came in.
footprint / mark / trace / vestige / sign / indication / Taiwan pr. [ji1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is caring for the also-ran (亦) after she finished a marathon in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The also-ran was wearing gladiator sandals (辶) but already after half of the race they were worn through, and Joan of Arc can see the footprints (迹) the also-ran left with her bare feet when she came in.
border / edge / boundary / interval / between / inter- / to meet / time / occasion / to meet with (circumstances)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) and the pope (阝) have an international (际) meeting in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). They decide on the border through the bathroom and mark their territories using standards (示).
(Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier
surname Ji

= + : Joan of Arc inspects an advertising column in the space station's bathroom. On it there is an intricate pattern of crosses. With an calculator she tries to calculate the overall area the crosses take on the advertising column.
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge

= + : Joan of Arc inspects an advertising column in the space station's bathroom. On it there is an intricate pattern of crosses. With an calculator she tries to calculate the overall area the crosses take on the advertising column.
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots

= + : In the space station's bathroom, Joan of Arc sees an advertisement on an advertising column. There are some butcher's hooks advertised which she thinks will be useful on her quest against the king of England, so she takes a voice memo to remind herself to obtain some of the butcher's hooks.
to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) accidentally knocked over the only water supply bottle (氵) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and now she's in big trouble. She uses the empty bottle as a drum to call for help (济), but it is of no use; she would need a gong instead. Unfortunately the drum is ready, but the gong is not (齐).
to spin (hemp etc) / merit / accomplishment / Taiwan pr. [ji1]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) and the silk worm (纟) passed the HSK 3 and are celebrating their accomplishment (绩) wearing party hats (责) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle

= + : Joan of Arc finds the space station's bathroom full of silken threads. She even cannot accomplish much using a butcher's hook. She knows that the silk worms are responsible and thinks that soon it will be the era of the silk worms.
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) has to watch how a sack of rice (米) falls on the silk worm (纟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and squeezes the silk worm to death. Joan of Arc, while burying the silk worm with a shovel (乚) under a heap of rice, swears to continue (继) the silk worm's work. She will take over the silk worm's jacket and earthenware bowl (继) and continue (继) its work to build the ultimate cocoon.
variant of 彐[ji4]

A wet dog's snout.
choke on something eaten

Joan of Arc ate something in the space station, but it git stuck in her throat. Now she's chocking and chocking in the space station's bathroom without end.
already / since / both... (and...)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the saying 一言既出,驷马难追 means "lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept". Thus, I'll represent this character with a team of four horses.

Joan of Arc made a bet with a team of four horses that she'd be able to chew 20 chewing gums at once. After stuffing ten of them into her mouth she's already chocking, but what has been said cannot be retracted by a team of four horses.
and / to reach to / the limits
short name for Hebei 河北 province / surname Ji