Pinyin initial: "bi"

The Pinyin initial "bi" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "bi" belongs to the group of Pinyin initials which are represented in mnemonics by women. You can visit the Pinyin index to see all Pinyin syllables from this mnemonic group, or to see all Pinyin syllables "bi" can appear in.

Mnemonics for bi

Bi is for Shield maiden and Valkyrie Brunhilde.

Characters with bi

毙

斃

bì = bi + Ø4

to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death

表

錶

biǎo = bi + ao3

wrist or pocket watch

表 = 龶 + 𧘇 : Brunhilde (bi) is playing a lead role inside of the aorta (ao3). She is playing a king and therefore richly decorated: there are expensive watches (表) dangling from each of her wrists, and she is wearing a very expensive headdress. Currently she's standing on top of a step ladder and crying out loud for a horse.

贬

貶

biǎn = bi + an3

to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate

贬 = 乏 + 贝 : Every day in the evening the Brunhilde (bi) gets ready to go to bed she puts her futon (乏) on the ground of the anthill (an3) carelessly and crushes a few crabs (贝) when she jumps on her futon, thereby diminishing (贬) the total available currency (贝) in the local economy.

飙

飆

bia̅o = bi + ao1

whirlwind / violent wind

飙 = 猋 + 风 : Brunhilde (bi) is blowing away a whirlwind of dogs (猋) in front of the aorta (ao1) by creating her own whirlwind (飙) through dancing like a dervish and thus creating a lot of wind (风).

蝙

bia̅n = bi + an1

bat / also pr. [bian3]

弼

bì = bi + Ø4

to assist

浜

bi̅n = bi + (e)n1

Japanese variant of 濱|滨[bin1] / used in Japanese place names such as Yokohama 橫浜|横浜[Heng2 bin1] with phonetic value hama

璧

bì = bi + Ø4

jade annulus

镖

鏢

bia̅o = bi + ao1

throwing weapon / dart / goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

濒

瀕

bi̅n = bi + (e)n1

to approach / to border on / near

濒 = 氵 + 频 : When Brunhilde (bi) approaches (濒) the forbidden city ((e)n1) everybody notes her arrival by the way the water moves in the water bottles (氵) because the cavity of the water bottle matches the eigenfrequency (频) of how Brunhilde is walking.

辺

bia̅n = bi + an1

Japanese variant of 邊|边[bian1]

匾

biǎn = bi + an3

horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket

吡

bǐ = bi + Ø3

used as phonetic bi- or pi-

槟

檳

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1