Pinyin final: "o1"
The Pinyin final "o1" is used in the second half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the second half of a Pinyin syllable is always represented by a location. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "o1" can appear in.
Mnemonics for o1
In front of the observatory.
Characters with o1
rather / quite / considerably / oblique / inclined / slanting / Taiwan pr. [po3]
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
锅
=
呙
+
钅
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Gitta Giraffe (gu) wants to cook some food in front of the observatory (o1). She has a pot (锅), but not a fireplace, so she quickly makes a fire and uses three golden harpoons (钅) to provide a base for her pot. The three golden harpoons stick with very different angles in the earth, so the pot sits on the fire very lopsided (呙).
nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods
to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal