Pinyin final: "ao2"

The Pinyin final "ao2" 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 "ao2" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao2

In the aorta's kitchen.

Characters with ao2

淘
táo = t + ao2
to wash / to clean out / to cleanse / to eliminate / to dredge
淘 = 匋 + 氵 : Tecumseh (t) is taking care of his pottery store (匋) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He has a bottle of water (氵) ready to wash out (淘) all the pottery and uses the opportunity to eliminate (淘) broken items.
矛
máo = m + ao2
spear / lance / pike
Mahatma Gandhi (m) is standing guard just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) with a lance (矛) in his hands.
茅
máo = m + ao2
surname Mao
茅 = 艹 + 矛 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a thatched hut (茅) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He stuck four lances (矛) into the ground and built the roof with artificial lawn (艹), reeds (茅), and rushes (茅).
茅
máo = m + ao2
reeds / rushes
茅 = 艹 + 矛 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) set up a thatched hut (茅) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He stuck four lances (矛) into the ground and built the roof with artificial lawn (艹), reeds (茅), and rushes (茅).
爻
yáo = y + ao2
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
爻 = 乂 + 乂 : Maud Younger (y) is carving the lines of several trigrams (爻) into the floor of the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She is doing so using two pliers (乂).
敖
áo = Ø + ao2
variant of 遨[ao2]
敖
áo = Ø + ao2
surname Ao
敖 = 土 + 攵 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
敖
áo = Ø + ao2
to ramble / to rove / old variant of 熬[ao2]
敖 = 土 + 攵 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: a wanderer. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to build a particle accelerator in the aorta's kitchen (ao2), so he ripped open a square (方) area with a sledgehammer (攵), the earth (土) around the hole forming a square as well. As he finishes a wanderer (敖) enters and promptly falls into the hole.
熬
áo = Ø + ao2
to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure
熬 = 敖 + 灬 : Albert Einstein (Ø) is cooking (熬) the wanderer (敖) on a grill (灬) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). He is torturing (熬) the wanderer for staying up all night (熬).
巢
cháo = ch + ao2
surname Chao
巢
cháo = ch + ao2
nest
僚
liáo = li + ao2
surname Liao
僚
liáo = li + ao2
bureaucrat / colleague
肴
yáo = y + ao2
meat dishes / mixed viands
肴 = 乂 + 有 : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
肴
餚
yáo = y + ao2
variant of 肴[yao2]
肴 = 乂 + 有 : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
肴
殽
yáo = y + ao2
variant of 肴[yao2]
肴 = 乂 + 有 : Maud Younger (y) dropped her meat dishes (肴) into a pile of confetti (有) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) and now she has to remove the confetti from the meat using a pair of pliers (乂).
淆
xiáo = xi + ao2
confused and disorderly / mixed / Taiwan pr. [yao2]
淆 = 氵 + 肴 : Just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) Marie Curie (xi) accidentally emptied a bottle of water (氵) over her meat dishes (肴) and now they're all confused and disorderly (淆).
淆
殽
xiáo = xi + ao2
variant of 淆[xiao2]
淆 = 氵 + 肴 : Just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2) Marie Curie (xi) accidentally emptied a bottle of water (氵) over her meat dishes (肴) and now they're all confused and disorderly (淆).
凿
鑿
záo = z + ao2
chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel or dig / (literary) (bound form) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
寥
liáo = li + ao2
empty / lonesome / very few