Pinyin initial: "w"

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

Mnemonics for w

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

Characters with w

挽
wǎn = w + an3
to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover
挽 = 免 + 扌 : Willy Walrus (w) is drunkenly lamenting the dead (挽) in the anthill (an3) who died of alcohol poisoning, while the bar keeper is waving with a toy claw (扌) holding the bar's disclaimer (免). Finally Willy Walrus recovers (挽), the bar keeper rolls up (挽) the disclaimer and both return to their usual business.
挽
輓
wǎn = w + an3
variant of 挽[wan3] / to draw (a cart) / to lament the dead
挽 = 免 + 扌 : Willy Walrus (w) is drunkenly lamenting the dead (挽) in the anthill (an3) who died of alcohol poisoning, while the bar keeper is waving with a toy claw (扌) holding the bar's disclaimer (免). Finally Willy Walrus recovers (挽), the bar keeper rolls up (挽) the disclaimer and both return to their usual business.
捂
wǔ = w + Ø3
to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
为
為
wèi = w + ei4
because of / for / to
为 = ⺀ + 力 : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
为 = ⺀ + 力 : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.
为
為
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2]
为
爲
wèi = w + ei4
variant of 為|为[wei4]
伪
偽
wěi = w + ei3
false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]
伪 = 为 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) went to visit Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to buy a bird with crazy hair (为), but she finds out very soon that Willy Walrus just wanted to sell her a fake (伪) one: a regular penguin with a wig.
伪
僞
wěi = w + ei3
variant of 偽|伪[wei3]
伪 = 为 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) went to visit Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to buy a bird with crazy hair (为), but she finds out very soon that Willy Walrus just wanted to sell her a fake (伪) one: a regular penguin with a wig.
污
汚
wu̅ = w + Ø1
variant of 污[wu1]
污 = 亏 + 氵 : It looks like a dumping ground in front of the space station (Ø1). Willy Walrus (w) and the lucky leprechaun (亏) decided to get rid of the pollution (污) and start collecting all the empty water bottles (氵) floating around.
污
wu̅ = w + Ø1
dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
污 = 亏 + 氵 : It looks like a dumping ground in front of the space station (Ø1). Willy Walrus (w) and the lucky leprechaun (亏) decided to get rid of the pollution (污) and start collecting all the empty water bottles (氵) floating around.
湾
灣
wa̅n = w + an1
bay / gulf / to cast anchor / to moor (a boat)
湾 = 弯 + 氵 : Global warming has caused the anthill (an1) to lie directly at the sea. Bender (弯) uses a bottle (氵) as a boat and in front to the anthill, Willy Walrus (w) swims in the water and helps to moore (湾) the bottle.
汪
wa̅ng = w + ang1
expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
汪 = 氵 + 王 : Willy Walrus (w) broke the last water bottle (氵) in front of the anglepod (ang1). Seeing the puddle (汪) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (王) is so desperate about the very last water bottle being wasted that he gets watery eyes.
汪
wa̅ng = w + ang1
surname Wang
汪 = 氵 + 王 : Willy Walrus (w) broke the last water bottle (氵) in front of the anglepod (ang1). Seeing the puddle (汪) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (王) is so desperate about the very last water bottle being wasted that he gets watery eyes.
悟
wù = w + Ø4
to comprehend / to apprehend / to become aware
悟 = 吾 + 忄 : Willy Walrus (w) is idly playing with a flail (忄) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Suddenly he realizes (悟) that his flail will be much more effective if he attaches a mandarin colored pentagram (吾) to the flail's head.
屋
wu̅ = w + Ø1
house / room / CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]
屋 = 尸 + 至 : Willy Walrus lives in the space station, but sometimes he goes out into his small garden shack. Today, something is just wrong, and when he visits the shack's arrival part, he knows why: A ghost has arrived!
握
wò = w + o4
to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful
握 = 屋 + 扌 : Willy Walrus's (w) garden shack (屋) was just about to fall into the well in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Willy was able to grasp (握) it at the last moment with a toy claw (屋).
握
wò = w + o4
to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful
尾
wěi = w + ei3
tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
尾 = 尸 + 毛 : Willy Walrus (w) knows that there is a ghost (尸) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3), but he cannot see it, so he set up a trap: he put a lot of sticky hair (毛) everywhere, and eventually the hair stuck to the ghost's tail (尾). Now that Willy Walrus can see where the ghost is he is able to drive it out.