Pinyin initial: "m"

The Pinyin initial "m" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "m" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by men. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "m" can appear in.

Mnemonics for m

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

Characters with m

drowned / to end / to die / to inundate
(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.
(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
wheat / barley / oats

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).
surname Mai

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女

= + : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

= + : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女
handsome / large / long

= + + : Mnemonic symol: 曼德拉, Nelson Mandela, who is very handsome (and very large).

Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi are fighting a gladiator fight in the anthill's bathroom. First they both shout into a microphone why each of them will win for the audience, then they start to fight: Mahatma Gandhi with boxing gloves, Nelson Mandela with a fishing net.
slow

= + : The fight between Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela has been very slow, so the audience decided to help them a bit and hands each of them two flails.
free / unrestrained / to inundate

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) and Nelson Mandela (曼) just escaped the death cell. To celebrate their newly won unrestrained (漫) freedom, they toast with bottles of water (氵) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
steamed bread

= + : Nelson Mandela (曼) and Mahatma Gandhi (m) are having brunch together in the anthill's kitchen (an2). They're having Chinese crullers (饣) and steamed bread (馒).
creeper / to spread

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is tying up Nelson Mandela (曼) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) with a vine (蔓) while Nelson rests on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹).
turnip / Brassica campestris
silent / to write from memory

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) and the Saint Bernhard dog (犬) are training hard in the observatory's bathroom (o4). They are taking turns of making awful noises on a blackboard (黑), and they train to remain silent (默) instead of screaming out loud.
ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is using his creativity to write a new protester's placard in the observatory's bathroom (o4). he fixed an ink stick (墨) to his head and writes on a blackboard (黑). Later he tries to use dirt (土) to clean his head, but he'll find that it won't work and some dirty words have been tattooed to his forehead (墨).
surname Mo / abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is using his creativity to write a new protester's placard in the observatory's bathroom (o4). he fixed an ink stick (墨) to his head and writes on a blackboard (黑). Later he tries to use dirt (土) to clean his head, but he'll find that it won't work and some dirty words have been tattooed to his forehead (墨).
luxuriant / (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is upgrading his fifth wheel (戊) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). To make it truly luxurious (茂) he outfits the vehicle with artificial lawn (艹) everywhere.
each / every

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: from 每日一练, "train every day", somebody's doing some workout, e.g. push-ups.

= 𠂉 + : Mahatma Gandhi does his daily training inside of the Eiffel Tower. He's quite advanced: He does single-handed push-ups with his supporting hand resting on a key, while Gaia sits on his back and mocks him.
surname Mei

= + : Every day (每), Mahatma Gandhi (m) is doing a workout (梅) by doing pullups on a plum tree (梅) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).