Pinyin initial: "h"

The Pinyin initial "h" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "h" 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 "h" can appear in.

Mnemonics for h

H is for Hamlet.

Characters with h

throat / larynx

= + : The marquis (侯) gets a mandarin (口) stuck in his throat (喉) in the outhouse (ou2), but fortunately Hamlet (h) quickly performs the Heimlich maneuver on him.
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

= + + : Hamlet is terribly afraid by a beret-wearing boar in the airplane's bathroom, but fortunately Neanderthal man is there to protect him and to fight of the boar with a huge fake nose.

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a boar.
(bound form) child

= + : Just inside the airplane's kitchen Hamlet is quite annoyed by the love child of the boar and the mosquito.
variant of 核[he2] / to investigate

= + : Hamlet (h) is unpacking the presents he found under the Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He found lots of walnuts (核), but he doesn't know whether there are kernels or stones (核) inside. Fortunately he also unpacked a boar (亥) which sniffs at the walnuts and, after the careful examination (核), tells Hamlet what's inside.
pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify

= + : Hamlet (h) is unpacking the presents he found under the Christmas tree (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He found lots of walnuts (核), but he doesn't know whether there are kernels or stones (核) inside. Fortunately he also unpacked a boar (亥) which sniffs at the walnuts and, after the careful examination (核), tells Hamlet what's inside.
sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow
to astonish / to startle / to hack (computing, loanword)
obstruct

= + : In elevator's kitchen (e2) Hamlet (h) confesses to the boar (亥) that he feels kind of estranged (阂) and wants to quickly escape through a trap door (门), but the boar jumps between him and the door and obstructs (阂) the escape way.
why / how / when / what / where

= + : So many questions! That's why I'm gonna represent this with a quiz wheel. Each section of the wheel corresponds to one of the question words.

The beggar from ancient Egypt (匃) is the candidate in a quiz game just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2). His quiz master is Hamlet (h), and the quiz wheel (曷) is spun by the sun (日).
to drink / variant of 嗬[he1]

= + : Hamlet (h) is playing a drinking game in front of the elevator (e1). He is turning a quiz wheel (曷) and every time he doesn't know the answer he has to drink (喝) one of the shots in front of him. The shots are glasses made of mandarins (口). Hamlet drank so much already that every time he has to drink he screams "oh my goodness!"
to shout
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a black board.

Hamlet received his order of aloe vera in front of the Eiffel Tower. There he stands with his big wooden box full of aloe vera plants. On his blackboard he sketched his business model: He wants to plant the aloe vera with a lot of earth in front of the Eiffel Tower, grill it and sell it to the Eiffel Tower's visitors.
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a black board.

Hamlet received his order of aloe vera in front of the Eiffel Tower. There he stands with his big wooden box full of aloe vera plants. On his blackboard he sketched his business model: He wants to plant the aloe vera with a lot of earth in front of the Eiffel Tower, grill it and sell it to the Eiffel Tower's visitors.
hey

= + : As Hamlet (h) is writing on the blackboard (黑) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) a student is throwing a mandarin (口) at him from the back. Hamlet has no better idea than to turn around and shout "hey!" (嘿)
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
thick / deep or profound / kind / generous / rich or strong in flavor / to favor / to stress

= + + : Hamlet (h) opened a factory in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). The sun (日) helps him cover eggs (子) with a thick (厚) layer of chocolate by melting the chocolate coming out of a chocolate factory (厂) with her warm sunlight. The eggs have a very strong flavor (厚).
to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)

= + : Hamlet (h) ordered a tequila in the anthill (an3), but as he licked the salt (咸), drank the tequila and then bit into the fruit he found it was a mandarin (口) instead of a lemon. Angrily he yells (喊) at the bartender at once.
regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)

= + : Hamlet (h) attached a few feelers (感) to his flail (忄), but he soon regrets (憾) his decision as he realizes in the anthill's bathroom (an4) that from now on he will feel anything he beats with the flail.
to shake / to vibrate
surname Hai

= + : Due to the runaway greenhouse effect, the oceans have risen and the airplane has been flooded. To do his daily workout, Hamlet has to do a handstand on two water bottles and do his push-ups this way.