Pinyin "li3"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "li3" is split up into two parts: "li" and "Ø3". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø3"

In the space station's living room.

Characters pronounced li3

snakefish / snakehead mullet
sweet wine
wood-boring insect
nautical mile
rustic / vulgar / unrefined / abbr. for 俚語|俚语[li3 yu3], slang
old name for the 黎[Li2] ethnic group
worried / afflicted
used in 妯娌[zhou2 li5]
winding