Pinyin final: "ao4"

The Pinyin final "ao4" 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 "ao4" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao4

In the aorta's bathroom.

Characters with ao4

要
yào = y + ao4
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.
要
yào = y + ao4
to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
票
piào = pi + ao4
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
票 = 示 + 覀 : Pocahontas (pi) urgently needs to use the aorta's bathroom (ao4). In the bathroom there is a cleaning lady next to a guidon (示) on which it is written that you have to purchase a ticket (票) if you want to use the bathroom. To make sure that everyone is willing to pay the lady equipped herself with a knuckleduster (覀).
号
號
hào = h + ao4
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
号 = 丂 + 口 : Hamlet accidentally locked himself into the aorta's bathroom, together with a mandarin which he is extremely allergic against. His only rescue is the emergency breathing mask attached to the wall which he puts on immediately. There is also a trumpet to call for help with a bugle call, but Hamlet has to wear the breathing mask, so he can't give the bugle call in a normal way. Instead, he has to give the bugle call with his butt.
窍
竅
qiào = qi + ao4
hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
壳
殼
qiào = qi + ao4
shell / carapace / crust (earth's crust etc) / also pr. [ke2]
壳 = 冗 + 士 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is dating the bachelor (士) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). The bachelor tries to impress the Queen of Hearts and inhaled a lot of helium (冗), but instead of sounding funny he is just squealing so much that the Queen of Hearts hides under her carapace (壳).
调
調
diào = di + ao4
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
炮
pào = p + ao4
cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker
炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.
炮
砲
pào = p + ao4
variant of 炮[pao4]
炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.
刨
bào = b + ao4
carpenter's plane / to plane (woodwork) / to shave off / to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
刨
鑤
bào = b + ao4
variant of 刨[bao4]
草
cào = c + ao4
variant of 肏[cao4]
唠
嘮
lào = l + ao4
to gossip / to chat (dialect)
闹
鬧
nào = n + ao4
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
闹 = 市 + 门 : Napoleon (n) opened a shop (市) just inside the aorta's entrance (ao4) and it is bustling with noise (闹). His supermarket is so successful because he installed a trap door (门) in the floor above through which new customers keep falling.
闹
閙
nào = n + ao4
variant of 鬧|闹[nao4]
闹 = 市 + 门 : Napoleon (n) opened a shop (市) just inside the aorta's entrance (ao4) and it is bustling with noise (闹). His supermarket is so successful because he installed a trap door (门) in the floor above through which new customers keep falling.
掉
diào = di + ao4
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
掉 = 卓 + 扌 : In the aorta's bathroom (ao4) Dorothy Gale (di) practices playing a banjo (卓) using two toy claws (扌), but she makes a mistake and accidentally drops (掉) the banjo. After the crash, the banjo is completely ruined.
抱
bào = b + ao4
to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
抱 = 包 + 扌 : Beelzebub (b) accidentally dropped his favourite handbag (包) in the aorta's toilet (ao4), but he is able to pull it out using a toy claw (扌). After they are reunited, Beelzebub joyfully embraces (抱) it.
扫
掃
sào = s + ao4
broom
告
gào = g + ao4
to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue
告 = ⺧ + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: one of these LED panels with public announcements which scroll horizontally over the panel.
告 = ⺧ + 口 : Guy Fawkes is informing the golden calf that it is not allowed to eat mandarins any more in the aorta's bathroom by pointing at a big LED screen stating so.
靠
kào = k + ao4
to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
靠 = 告 + 非 : Karl Marx changed the aorta's bathroom into a photo laboratory and is experimenting with a long negative. He wants to develop it into a movie, so he set up a LED display leaning against the wall and put the negative on top of it. As his messages run across the LED display he hopes that the negative will develop into a video, broadcasting his messages of revolution to the whole world: if you want to save the people, rely on the worker's party!