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

电
電
diàn = di + an4
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc
电 = 乚 + 曰 : Dorothy Gale (di) is looking for a wall plug for her charger (mnemonic symbol for 电) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's digging up the whole place with a shovel (乚), but instead of a wall plug she finds a microphone (曰).
敌
敵
dí = di + Ø2
enemy / to be a match for / to rival / to resist / to withstand
敌 = 攵 + 舌 : Dorothy Gale (di) is fighting her enemy (敌), the Wicked Witch of the West, by attacking her with a sledgehammer (攵) while threatening her with her tongue (舌) stuck out just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2).
调
調
diào = di + ao4
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
点
點
diǎn = di + an3
point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
点 = 占 + 灬 : Dorothy Gale opened a new shop inside anthill. She's selling grilled vegetables, and many people are ordering them. On a plate, they only look like little spots or points.
鸟
鳥
diǎo = di + ao3
variant of 屌[diao3] / penis
奠
diàn = di + an4
to fix / to settle / a libation to the dead
奠 = 大 + 酋 : Dorothy Gale (di) and the tribal chief (酋) found the robot (大) dead and decide (奠) to bury it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). As the robot lies in its coffin they offer a libation (奠) to the dead robot for the last time before they dump it into the ground.
啇
dì = di + Ø4
stem / foot / base / root
啇 = 立 + 冂 + 古 : Dorothy Gale (di) bought a cloister (古) and wants to set it up in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The package contained a vase (立), a stem (啇) and a manual showing how to combine the two items to get the cloister (a map 冂 in a metaphorical sense), but Dorothy has no idea how to set up her cloister.
滴
di̅ = di + Ø1
a drop / to drip
滴 = 啇 + 氵 : Dorothy Gale (di) is watering the stem (啇) of the tree in front of the space station (Ø1). The water is dripping (滴) out of her water bottle (氵).
翟
dí = di + Ø2
long-tail pheasant
翟 = 羽 + 隹 : Dorothy Gale (di) helps the sparrow (隹) to put on a costume in the space station's entrance (Ø2). She attaches very long feathers (羽) to the sparrows tail so that he looks like a long-tail pheasant (翟).
翟
dí = di + Ø2
surname Di / variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
殿
diàn = di + an4
palace hall
殿 = 𡱒 + 殳 : Dorothy Gale (di) decided to set up her palace hall (殿), the Hall of Supreme Harmony (太和殿), in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She hired a ghost and a communist (𡱒) to serve as her guards and has them wield halberds (殳).
叠
疊
dié = di + e2
to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate
叠 = 冝 + 叒 : Dorothy Gale (di) finds the shelves (冝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) are a complete mess. First she completely empties the shelves, piling up a heap of boxing gloves (叒) and another heap of cooking tops (冝). Then she proceeds to neatly layer (叠) the boxing gloves and cooking tops back into the shelves.
叠
疉
dié = di + e2
variant of 疊|叠[die2]
叠
曡
dié = di + e2
variant of 疊|叠[die2]
鼎
dǐng = di + (e)ng3
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
碟
dié = di + e2
dish / plate
谍
諜
dié = di + e2
to spy
谍 = 枼 + 讠 : Dorothy Gale (di) stared a new job as freelance spy (谍) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She put up a big desk (枼) as work place and a big advertising column (讠) to get her fist customer.
町
di̅ng = di + (e)ng1
(used in place names)
蝶
蜨
dié = di + e2
variant of 蝶[die2]
蝶 = 枼 + 虫 : Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.
蝶
dié = di + e2
(bound form) butterfly
蝶 = 枼 + 虫 : Dorothy Gale (di) pursues a very special hobby in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She has a large wooden desk (枼) with lots of watercolors. Whenever a mosquito (虫) lands on her desk, she colors it with her watercolors very carefully and thus changes it into a butterfly (蝶). Dorothy is very popular with the mosquitoes.