Pinyin final: "ao1"

The Pinyin final "ao1" 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 "ao1" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao1

In front of the aorta.

Characters with ao1

着
著
zha̅o = zh + ao1
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add
刁
dia̅o = di + ao1
artful / wicked
刁 = ㇆ + ㇀ : Dorothy Gale (di) feels wicked (刁) and purposefully scratches the plow (㇆) in front of the aorta (ao1). The ㇀ in 刁 symbolizes the scratch.
叼
dia̅o = di + ao1
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
叼 = 刁 + 口 : After Dorothy Gale (di) viciously (刁) scratched a plough in front of the aorta (ao1) the steals a mandarin (口) and holds it in her mouth (叼) until she is out of sight.
漂
pia̅o = pi + ao1
to float / to drift
泡
pa̅o = p + ao1
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
涛
濤
ta̅o = t + ao1
big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2]
涛 = 寿 + 氵 : Tecumseh (t) is growing longevity peaches (寿) in front of the aorta (ao1), and he waters them every day with his water bottle (氵). Today, as he is just about to water the tree, he doesn't realize that there's a huge wave (涛) behind him coming right at the tree.
焦
jia̅o = ji + ao1
surname Jiao
焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.
焦
jia̅o = ji + ao1
burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])
焦 = 灬 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a magnifier, with which the sun rays can be bundled into its focus and something can be burnt.

Joan of Arc (ji) caught a sparrow (隹) in front of the aorta (ao1) and put it on a grill (灬). Using a magnifier (焦), she is trying to start the grill.
蕉
jia̅o = ji + ao1
banana
蕉 = 艹 + 焦 : Joan of Arc (ji) is creating a new dish in front of the aorta (ao1). She rolled up a lot of bananas (蕉) in sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and is heating the whole thing up using a magnifier (焦).
雀
qia̅o = qi + ao1
a freckle / lentigo
雕
dia̅o = di + ao1
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
雕
彫
dia̅o = di + ao1
variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
雕
鵰
dia̅o = di + ao1
bird of prey
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
礁
jia̅o = ji + ao1
reef / shoal rock
约
約
ya̅o = y + ao1
to weigh in a balance or on a scale
绰
綽
cha̅o = ch + ao1
to grab / to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]
绰
綽
cha̅o = ch + ao1
to grab; to snatch up / variant of 焯[chao1]
钞
鈔
cha̅o = ch + ao1
money / paper money / variant of 抄[chao1]
钞 = 少 + 钅 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) made a deal with Smiley (少) to buy its golden harpoon (钅). In front of the aorta he hands it a bundle of paper money (钞) which is itself skewered on a golden harpoon (钅).
夭
ya̅o = y + ao1
tender / gentle / to die prematurely
夭 = 丿 + 大 : In front of the aorta, a mysterious gentle robot hands Maud Younger a mysterious tender banana. Snow White is so hungry that it snatches the banana away and eats it instantly, just to die young again.
夭 = 丿 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: Snow White who had to die young—until the prince found her.
夭
殀
ya̅o = y + ao1
variant of 夭[yao1] / to die young / to die prematurely / Taiwan pr. [yao3]