Pinyin "qi3"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "qi3" is split up into two parts: "qi" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "qi"
Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"
In the space station's living room.
Characters pronounced qi3
variant of 啟|启[qi3]
启
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口
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户
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.