Pinyin initial: "di"

The Pinyin initial "di" is used in the first half of Pinyin syllables. In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, "di" 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 "di" can appear in.

Mnemonics for di

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

Characters with di

叼
dia̅o = di + ao1
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
叼 = 刁 + 口 : After Dorothy Gale (di) viciously (刁) scratched a plough in front of the aorta (ao1) the steals a mandarin (口) and holds it in her mouth (叼) until she is out of sight.
淀
diàn = di + an4
shallow water
淀 = 定 + 氵 : Dorothy Gale visits the bathroom of the anthill, when suddenly the pipes of the toilets break! Soon, there's lots of shallow water, precipitate and sediment everywhere. Dorothy does her best to catch the water with bottles, and to fix the pipes with duct tape.
淀
澱
diàn = di + an4
sediment / precipitate
淀 = 定 + 氵 : Dorothy Gale visits the bathroom of the anthill, when suddenly the pipes of the toilets break! Soon, there's lots of shallow water, precipitate and sediment everywhere. Dorothy does her best to catch the water with bottles, and to fix the pipes with duct tape.
涤
滌
dí = di + Ø2
to wash / to cleanse
惦
diàn = di + an4
to think of / to remember / to miss
惦 = 店 + 忄 : Dorothy Gale (di) often misses (惦) her store (店) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) which she destroyed with a flail (忄) in a fit of violent temper.
雕
dia̅o = di + ao1
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
雕
鵰
dia̅o = di + ao1
bird of prey
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
雕
彫
dia̅o = di + ao1
variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave
雕 = 周 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
缔
締
dì = di + Ø4
closely joined / connection / knot
缔 = 帝 + 纟 : Caesar (帝) wants to have a close connection (缔) to Dorothy Gale (di). Literally. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), he forms the close connection by closely joining (缔) her body to his with the help of a lot of silk worms (纟) he previously knotted (缔) together to form a rope.
钓
釣
diào = di + ao4
to fish with a hook and bait
钓 = 勺 + 钅 : Dorothy Gale (di) has been fishing with a hook and bait (钓) in the aorta's toilet (ao4) for ours now, but at the end all she pulls out is a small silver spoon (勺). Enraged she shoots the water in the toilet multiple times using a golden harpoon (钅).
钉
釘
dìng = di + (e)ng4
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
钉 = 丁 + 钅 : Dorothy Gale (di) uses the nail (钉) she found earlier to nail (钉) her pizza (丁) to the wall of the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to serve as warning for other visitors. As a hammer she uses a golden harpoon (钅).
钉
釘
di̅ng = di + (e)ng1
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯[ding1]
钉 = 丁 + 钅 : Dorothy Gale (di) is eating a quarter of a pizza (丁) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a golden harpoon (钅) when she suddenly finds a nail (钉) on the pizza.
鸟
鳥
diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
丢
丟
diu̅ = di + ou1
to lose / to put aside / to throw
丢 = 厶 + 壬 : Dorothy Gale plays catch with the cat o' nine tails in front of the outhouse. Dorothy has no ball, but instead throws a fake nose for the cat o' nine tails to catch.
典
diǎn = di + an3
canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn
典 = 八 + 曲 : Mnemonic symbol: a head cannon. Dorothy Gale (di) is playing the harp (曲) inside the anthill's living room (an3) while shooting an eight ball (八) from her head cannon (典).
氐
di̅ = di + Ø1
name of an ancient tribe
氐
dǐ = di + Ø3
foundation / on the whole
氐 = 丶 + 氏 : Dorothy Gale pulled a petal leaf out of the space station concrete foundation. Christopher MacLeod explains her that it was a special petal leaf, and that Dorothy is destined to be the king of England now that she pulled it out.
低
di̅ = di + Ø1
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
低 = 亻 + 氐 : Dorothy Gale (di) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are in a hopeless situation. They are hanging down (低) from a foundation (氐) floating in front of the space station (Ø1) and away from it. In this hopeless situation their moods are very low (低) and they let their heads hang down (低).
底
dǐ = di + Ø3
background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base
底 = 广 + 氐 : The space station's old concrete foundation has been broken up, and Dorothy Gale wants to send the remnants of the foundation back to the base on earth using parachutes.
抵
dǐ = di + Ø3
to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
抵 = 扌 + 氐 : Hostile aliens want to invade the space station, but Dorothy Gale (di) resists (抵) by pressing (抵) with a toy claw (扌) against the space station's (Ø3) foundation (氐) which is about to break under the aliens' attacks.