Pinyin final: "ao3"

The Pinyin final "ao3" 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 "ao3" can appear in.

Mnemonics for ao3

In the aorta's living room.

Characters with ao3

了
瞭
liǎo = li + ao3
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
祷
禱
dǎo = d + ao3
prayer / pray / supplication
捣
搗
dǎo = d + ao3
to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
捣 = 岛 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) is attacking (捣) an island (岛) in the aorta (ao3) using a toy claw (扌).
搅
攪
jiǎo = ji + ao3
to disturb / to annoy / to mix / to stir
搅 = 扌 + 觉 : Joan of Arc (ji) is on guard in the aorta (ao3), but she keeps falling asleep (觉). Every time she is about to fall asleep her colleague stirs her up (搅) with a toy claw (扌).
恼
惱
nǎo = n + ao3
to get angry
恼 = 亠 + 凶 + 忄 : Every time Napoleon (n) gets angry (恼) he puts on a vicious demon mask (凶) and beats a beret (亠) with a flail (忄) inside of the aorta (ao3).
饱
飽
bǎo = b + ao3
to eat till full / satisfied
饱 = 包 + 饣 : Whenever Beelzebub (b) is hungry, he can just pull a Chinese cruller (饣) from his magical colorful handbag (包). In the aorta (ao3), he pulls out one cruller after the other and eats until he is full (饱).
矫
矯
jiǎo = ji + ao3
to correct / to rectify / to redress / strong / brave / to pretend / to feign / affectation
矫
矯
jiǎo = ji + ao3
surname Jiao
枣
棗
zǎo = z + ao3
jujube / dates
缴
繳
jiǎo = ji + ao3
to hand in / to hand over / to seize
缴 = 敫 + 纟 : Joan of Arc (ji) is happily playing her ancient musical instrument (敫) in the aorta (ao3) as the silk worm (纟) comes by to collect the taxes. Because Joan of Arc has no money on her she has no other choice but to hand over (缴) the instrument to pay her taxes (缴).
缪
繆
liǎo = li + ao3
old variant of 繚|缭[liao3]
葆
bǎo = b + ao3
dense foliage / to cover
蓼
liǎo = li + ao3
polygonum / smartweed
筱
xiǎo = xi + ao3
dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo
拷
kǎo = k + ao3
to beat / to flog / to examine under torture / (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4])
镐
鎬
gǎo = g + ao3
a pick
昴
mǎo = m + ao3
the Pleiades
佼
jiǎo = ji + ao3
handsome