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

argumentative / contentious
kiln / oven / coal pit / cave dwelling / (coll.) brothel
popular ballad / rumor

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is reading about a fascinating rumor (谣) on an advertising column (讠) just inside the aorta's kitchen (ao2). It is written that old pottery (缶) can be made as new using an electric razor (爫). Maud Younger tries the method immediately but breaks almost every piece of pottery she tries to renovate with her electric razor.
rich / abundant / exuberant / to add for free / to throw in as bonus / to spare / to forgive / despite / although

= + : Tang Yao (尧) walks into the aorta (ao2) and sees Robinson Crusoe (r). He thinks Robinson looks very poor, so he throws him a Chinese cruller (饣) as a bonus (饶), but it lands in front of Robinson's feet and he falls down as he accidentally steps on the cruller. Promptly Tang Yao apologizes and Robinson Crusoe forgives (饶) him.
surname Rao

= + : Tang Yao (尧) walks into the aorta (ao2) and sees Robinson Crusoe (r). He thinks Robinson looks very poor, so he throws him a Chinese cruller (饣) as a bonus (饶), but it lands in front of Robinson's feet and he falls down as he accidentally steps on the cruller. Promptly Tang Yao apologizes and Robinson Crusoe forgives (饶) him.
outstanding / to raise

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) anxiously awaits her outstanding (翘) lover, Tang Yao (尧), in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). She greets him by raising (翘) her feather (羽) to give him an idea of the things to come.
(music) / excellent / harmonious
surname Shao
jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia / surname Yao
trench
surname Qiao
drum tower
to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse; canal
firewood / gather wood
moat / (military) trench
to cleanse / name of a river
nippers / claw (of crab) / chela / pincers / Astacus fluviatilis