Pinyin "zhong4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "zhong4" is split up into two parts: "zhu" and "(e)ng4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "zhu"

Julian (朱利安 zhū​ lì​ ān) Giant Squid.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)ng4"

In the engine's bathroom.

Characters pronounced zhong4

heavy / serious / to attach importance to

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from the shape of the character): this one looks like a space elevator. The two top strokes are the heavens, the two bottom strokes are the earth, and the part in between is the cabin (or climber) of the space elevator.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) installed a space elevator (重) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). For the maiden trip, and as a stress test, he loads one thousand (千) one kilogram weights (千) and decorates them with sun flowers (里) to celebrate the occasion.
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
to plant / to grow / to cultivate
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
many / numerous / crowd / multitude

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
crowd; multitude / many; numerous
variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
second month of a season / middle / intermediate / second amongst brothers

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
surname Zhong

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) is playing darts in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The play goes very slowly because each of her darts is transferred to the dart board (中) manually by Julian Giant Squid (zhu) who acts as a middleman (仲).
to stand side by side / variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

= 𧰨 : The evil twin of the caterpillar (𧰨). Julian Giant Squid (zhu) sees the good and the evil caterpillar twins (𧰨 and 乑) standing side by side (乑) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) and is astonished by how similar they look.
old variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
Pekingese
vegetation growing thickly
(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble / to bite / worm-eaten