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

顶

頂

dǐng = di + (e)ng3

apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc

顶 = 丁 + 页 : Dorothy Gale (di) is taking care of the receipts (页) inside of the engine ((e)ng3). She has a big nail (丁) on her head (顶) and every time there is a new receipt, she just pierces it onto the nail.

颠

顛

dia̅n = di + an1

top (of the head) / apex / to fall forwards / inverted / to jolt

颠 = 真 + 页 : Dorothy Gale (di) is going to paint the anthill (an1) and is getting ready in front of the building. In order to protect her apex (颠) she puts a sheet of paper (页) into a replicator (真) and gets out a paper hat.

递

遞

dì = di + Ø4

to hand over / to pass on sth / to gradually increase or decrease / progressively

递 = 弟 + 辶 : Dorothy Gale (di) encounters Jesse James (弟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) who catches sight of Dorothy's new gladiator sandals (辶). He pulls out his gun and has Dorothy hand over (递) her new sandals very slowly.

递

遞

dì = di + Ø4

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver / (bound form) progressively; in the proper order

订

訂

dìng = di + (e)ng4

to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order

订 = 丁 + 讠 : Dorothy Gale (di) finds an advertising column (讠) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) displaying a nail (丁). She instantly calls the number to order (订) a really hard nail (丁) for her loose flange.

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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

狄

dí = di + Ø2

low ranking public official (old)

狄

dí = di + Ø2

surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

鲷

鯛

dia̅o = di + ao1

porgy / pagrus major

嫡

dí = di + Ø2