Pinyin "li4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "li4" is split up into two parts: "li" 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 "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø4"

In the space station's bathroom.

Characters pronounced li4

隶

隷

lì = li + Ø4

variant of 隸|隶[li4]

隶 = 肀 + 氺 : Mnemonic symbol: the seated scribe.

Li Qingzhao (li) Just finished setting up a brand new archaic aqueduct (氺) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She is very annoyed to find that five minutes later the seated scribe (隶) already tagged it using a crayon (肀).

栗

慄

lì = li + Ø4

afraid / trembling

栗

慄

lì = li + Ø4

(literary) cold; chilly / (bound form) to tremble with fear

雳

靂

lì = li + Ø4

clap of thunder

栃

lì = li + Ø4

archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses)

俐

lì = li + Ø4

clever

俐 = 亻 + 利 : Because Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Li Qingzhao (li) are so clever (俐) they were able to rebuild the Arianne rocket (利) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

脷

lì = li + Ø4

(cattle) tongue (Cantonese)

沥

瀝

lì = li + Ø4

to drip / to strain or filter / a trickle

溧

lì = li + Ø4

name of a river

栎

櫟