Pinyin final: "ei2"

The Pinyin final "ei2" 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 "ei2" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ei2

In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen.

Characters with ei2

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
(negative prefix for verbs) / have not / not

= + : Mahatma Gandhi is being carried out of the Eiffel Tower, and he just passed the entrance. He is not allowed to enter, because he has no money. He begs to be allowed to enter and tries to trade a bottle of water and a halberd for a ticket.
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

= + : In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen a sparrow spots a tasty little silk worm family. The silk worm family is lucky enough to have Willy Walrus personally as their wild life protector.
abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] / surname Wei

= + : In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen a sparrow spots a tasty little silk worm family. The silk worm family is lucky enough to have Willy Walrus personally as their wild life protector.
mold / mildew / to become moldy

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is working out every day (每) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). Every time the sweat is raining (雨) off of his body and he never opens the window. Because of the humid air, a lot of mold (霉) has formed over time.
variant of 霉[mei2]

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is working out every day (每) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). Every time the sweat is raining (雨) off of his body and he never opens the window. Because of the humid air, a lot of mold (霉) has formed over time.
medium / intermediary / matchmaker / go-between / abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) hired a match-maker (媒) to find a wife for him. The match-maker finally found Bessy Coleman (女), and for their wedding just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) the match-maker plays "somewhere over the rainbow" on her ukulele (某) for them.
coal / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is looking for some food in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) when a fire (火) breaks out at the coal (煤) store and blocks the way down. To stay calm Mahatma Gandhi grabs a ukulele and plays "somewhere over the rainbow" (某).
hello (when answering the phone)
eyebrow / upper margin

= + + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) and the Eye of Providence (目) fell asleep in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2), and a ghost (尸) is using the opportunity to play a prank on them. Using a dinosaur bone (丨) which he stuck into black ashes earlier he draws big monobrows (眉) on their faces, using the dinosaur bone like an eyebrow pencil (眉).
to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / subsequently

= + : Susan Saint Bernard walks the pope just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. Susan Saint Bernard wants to climb the tower vertically and pulls on the pope's leash, but the pope cannot follow her, which puzzles Susan Saint Bernard because it's the most normal thing in the world to her.
surname Sui

= + : Susan Saint Bernard walks the pope just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. Susan Saint Bernard wants to climb the tower vertically and pulls on the pope's leash, but the pope cannot follow her, which puzzles Susan Saint Bernard because it's the most normal thing in the world to her.
soft leather

= + : Mnemonic symbol: soft leather gloves.

Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.
surname Wei

= + : Mnemonic symbol: soft leather gloves.

Willy Walrus tries to steal a golden cage which has been locked to the Eiffel Tower's kitchen. He wears a pair of soft leather gloves and wields a crowbar, with which he tries to remove the cage from the Eiffel Tower.
surname Wei

= + : Willy Walrus has fallen asleep just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen and as he woke up, he was surrounded by wooden boxes. His only way to attract attention is to jump up repeatedly and wave with his two soft leather gloves.
to encircle / to surround / all around / to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)

= + : Willy Walrus has fallen asleep just inside the Eiffel Tower's kitchen and as he woke up, he was surrounded by wooden boxes. His only way to attract attention is to jump up repeatedly and wave with his two soft leather gloves.
to disobey / to violate / to separate / to go against

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is wearing gladiator sandals (辶) on his front fins and soft leather gloves (韦) on his rear fins in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). All the other visitors are outrages since Willy Walrus is violating (违) the tower's clothing rules.
thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely

= + : Zorro (z) is very afraid that thieves (贼) will steal his crab (贝), so he stores it in a firearm locker (戎) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).
used in 半身不遂[ban4 shen1 bu4 sui2] / Taiwan pr. [sui4]
old variant of 隨|随[Sui2]