Pinyin final: "ei4"

The Pinyin final "ei4" 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 "ei4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ei4

In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom.

Characters with ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱

= + : Doggy Dog opened a cash exchange booth in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. His first customers are Apollo and a mean crocodile.
surname Dui
squadron / team / group / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : The pope (阝), Neanderthal Man (人) and Doggy Dog (du) want to complete their squad (队) to consist of four persons, so they are casting potential members in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).
to fall / to drop / to weigh down
tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) worked all day on his field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and is extremely tired (累). He swipes off the sweat on his forehead with a silken scarf (糸) and holds tight to a rope (累) hanging from the ceiling to not fall down from exhaustion.
to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense

= + : Willy Walrus (w) used a hot water bottle (胃) to relief his stomach (胃) pain and it worked so well that he started selling those bottles himself. He even started an ad campaign and set up an advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There is a big picture of him saying (谓) how well the hot water bottle worked for him.
surname Wei

= + : Willy Walrus (w) used a hot water bottle (胃) to relief his stomach (胃) pain and it worked so well that he started selling those bottles himself. He even started an ad campaign and set up an advertising column (讠) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There is a big picture of him saying (谓) how well the hot water bottle worked for him.
see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle
to persuade
plants

= + : Helga Horse (hu) opened a florist's shop (卉) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). To display the flowers she hangs them from a big cross (十) using handcuffs (廾).
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw

退 = + : Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.
because of / for / to

= + : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.

= + : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
variant of 為|为[wei4]
tears

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) and the eye of providence (目) are collecting their tears (泪) using water bottles (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).
to be dispersed / to break down / to fester / to ulcerate

= + : Karl Koala (ku) found a treasure chest (贵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). To break it open (溃) he drips water from a water bottle (氵) on the lock. Eventually it will open.
used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2] / Taiwan pr. [kui4]
(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
old variant of 愧[kui4]

= + : The demon (鬼) accepted a quest to slay Karl Koala (ku) with a flail (忄), but when he sees super cute Karl with his big eyes in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) the demon suddenly feels very ashamed (愧) that he wanted to slay such a cute animal for no reason.