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

old variant of 亡[wang2]

= + : My mnemonic for 亡 is a tombstone, so this ancient variant gets to be a sarcophagus.

Willy Walrus (w) has to bury the Neanderthal man (人) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). The Neanderthal man (人) is lying in a half open sarcophagus (亾) next to Willy, and Willy uses a shovel (乚) to dig the grave.
yes
only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) and the sparrow (隹) have been locked in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) for days now. The only (唯) edible thing there is left is a mandarin (口), but mandarins are the only (唯) thing they don't like.
to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension / vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

= + : In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen a sparrow spots a tasty little silk worm family. The silk worm family is lucky enough to have Willy Walrus personally as their wild life protector.
abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] / surname Wei

= + : In the Eiffel Tower's kitchen a sparrow spots a tasty little silk worm family. The silk worm family is lucky enough to have Willy Walrus personally as their wild life protector.
line / trace / mark / pattern / grain (of wood etc)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) wants to continue reading his favorite book (文) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), but he finds that a silk worm (纟) left a lot of traces (纹) where it ate through the book.
fertile / rich / to irrigate / to wash (of river)

= + : Willy Walrus (w) finds sleeping Snow White (夭) in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He wants to wake her up because he thinks she should be quite fertile (沃), so he empties a bottle of water (氵) over her. Unfortunately this is not what is needed to wake her up.
surname Wen

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a trap door (门) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and after sniffing (闻) at it he finds that behind it there is a secret chamber of the Illuminati. He puts his ear (耳) to the door and tries to listen to any interesting news (闻).
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta

= + : Willy Walrus set up his fifth wheel RV in the space station's bathroom, and in front of it, his only source of food: a chocolate factory. Because both are so precious he guards them with a spear.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a fifth wheel recreational vehicle.
to insult / to ridicule / to disgrace

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is working out (每) in the space station (Ø3), but because there is zero gravity it doesn't make sense to do push-ups. That's why Willy Walrus (w) is constantly insulting (侮) her for being so foolish.
to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander
baby / doll

= + : Willy Walrus (w) and Bessie Coleman (女) just recently had a baby (娃). In the ashram's kitchen (a2) they are reading a manual recorded on jade tablets (圭) on how to care for the child.
Wow! / sound of a child's crying / sound of vomiting
wa = w + a5
replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"
Wow! / sound of child's crying / sound of vomiting

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is babysitting a baby in front of the ashram (a1), but the baby is crying (哇) all the time. Willy Walrus already tried to have it play with a jade tablet (圭) and to feed it a mandarin (口), but the baby was not interested at all.
old variant of 蛙[wa1]
frog / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
power / might / prestige

= + : Mnemonic symbol: James Clerk Maxwell, 马克斯威

Maxwell holds a special lecture in front of the Eiffel Tower, and his students are Bessie Coleman, Willie Walrus and a cute poodle. Maxwell spends a lot of time explaining the inverse power law of electrostatic forces.
to fear

= + : There's a Chinese saying that goes 出生之犊不畏虎; a newborn calf doesn't fear the tiger. I'll represent 畏 by this calf.

Willy Walrus (w) just gave birth to a calf (畏) in a flowery field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Christopher MacLeod (氏) spotted them and already lifts his broadsword, ready to strike. Willy Walrus is scared to death, but the calf knows nothing about the dangers of the world and thinks that Christopher MacLeod just wants to play.