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

妖
ya̅o = y + ao1
goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon
妖 = 夭 + 女 : Maud Younger (y), Snow White (夭) and Bessie Coleman (女) have all been bewitched (妖) by a demon (妖). They are sleeping next to each other in front of the aorta (ao1).
萧
蕭
xia̅o = xi + ao1
surname Xiao
萧 = 艹 + 肃 : Marie Curie (xi) is very miserable (萧) due to the economic crisis (萧). In front of the aorta (ao1) she has nothing left to eat but a sheet of artificial lawn (艹). She first cleans it up (肃) before miserably eating bits and pieces off the artificial lawn.
萧
蕭
xia̅o = xi + ao1
miserable / desolate / dreary / Chinese mugwort
萧 = 艹 + 肃 : Marie Curie (xi) is very miserable (萧) due to the economic crisis (萧). In front of the aorta (ao1) she has nothing left to eat but a sheet of artificial lawn (艹). She first cleans it up (肃) before miserably eating bits and pieces off the artificial lawn.
潇
瀟
xia̅o = xi + ao1
(of water) deep and clear / (of wind and rain) howling and pounding / (of light rain) pattering
肖
xia̅o = xi + ao1
surname Xiao / Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]
稍
sha̅o = sh + ao1
somewhat / a little
稍 = 禾 + 肖 : The little prince (肖) and Sherlock Holmes (sh) got their ration of cereals (禾) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because the little prince is so little (稍), he only got a little bit (稍) of cereals.
梢
sha̅o = sh + ao1
tip of branch
梢 = 木 + 肖 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) set up a Christmas Tree (木) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because he lacks a star for the top of the tree (梢) he asks the little prince (肖) to chip in and climb to the top of the tree.
宵
xia̅o = xi + ao1
night
宵 = 宀 + 肖 : When the Little Prince (肖) got his graduation cap (宀) he partied with Marie Curie (xi) all night (宵), and he woke up the next day in front of the aorta (ao1).
削
xia̅o = xi + ao1
to peel with a knife / to pare / to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
削 = 刂 + 肖 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Marie Curie (xi) teaches the little prince (肖) how to peel (削) fruits using a kitchen knife (刂).
捎
sha̅o = sh + ao1
to bring sth to sb / to deliver
捎 = 扌 + 肖 : The Little Prince (肖) delivers (捎) a toy claw (扌) to Sherlock Holmes (sh) in front of the aorta (ao1) to help in his investigations.
消
xia̅o = xi + ao1
to disappear / to vanish / to eliminate / to spend (time) / have to / need
消 = 氵 + 肖 : In front of the aorta, Marie Curie tells the Little Prince that she knows a neat trick how to let the water in his little water bottle disappear. The Little Prince is curious and lets her show her trick, but she just drinks the bottle empty. The Little Prince thinks that this trick is not only a Little Lame.
悄
qia̅o = qi + ao1
used in 悄悄[qiao1 qiao1]
销
銷
xia̅o = xi + ao1
to melt (metal) / to cancel or annul / to sell / to spend / to fasten with a bolt / bolt or pin
销 = 肖 + 钅 : Marie Curie (xi) ordered a lot of bolts (销) from the Little Prince (肖), but she wants to cancel (销) the contract. As she meets the Little Prince in front of the aorta (ao1) she notices his big golden harpoon (钅) and rethinks her decision.
糟
za̅o = z + ao1
dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined
糟 = 曹 + 米 : Zorro (z) found a very rotten, dead (糟) herring (曹) in a sack of rice (米) and now the rice is a total waste (糟). He gets rid of the rice and the herring in front of the aorta (ao1).
遭
za̅o = z + ao1
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident
遭 = 曹 + 辶 : Once upon a time (遭) Zorro (b) caught a huge white Chinese herring (曹) and brought it back to the aorta (ao1), but he met with misfortune (遭) as he dropped the herring onto his new gladiator sandals (辶) in front of the aorta (ao1).
剥
剝
ba̅o = b + ao1
to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck
昭
zha̅o = zh + ao1
bright / clear / manifest / to show clearly
昭 = 召 + 日 : The sun (日) reads her manifest (昭) over intercom (召) in front of the aorta (ao1) and James II of England (zh) is listening. He thinks that her writing is very clear and bright (昭).
猫
貓
ma̅o = m + ao1
cat / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem
猫 = 犭 + 苗 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a very nice field of sprouts (苗) in front of the aorta (ao1) as a peace symbol, but it is all ruined by a dachshund (犭) and a cat (猫) who are chasing each other and destroying the sprouts.
操
撡
ca̅o = c + ao1
old variant of 操[cao1]
操 = 喿 + 扌 : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
操
ca̅o = c + ao1
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
操 = 喿 + 扌 : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.