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

巅

巔

dia̅n = di + an1

summit

巅 = 山 + 颠 : Dorothy Gale (di) climbed to the summit (巅) of the anthill (an1) without any equipment except for a fork (山) and a paper hat (颠).

垫

墊

diàn = di + an4

pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money)

垫 = 土 + 执 : Dorothy Gale (di) built an air cushion (垫) vehicle out of dirt (土) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and happily rides it in circles, until a police officer appears and asks for her license (执).

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.

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.

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).

鲷

鯛

dia̅o = di + ao1

porgy / pagrus major

鲽

鰈

dié = di + e2

flatfish / flounder / sole

荻

dí = di + Ø2

Anaphalis yedoensis (pearly everlasting reed) / used in Japanese names with phonetic value Ogi

佚