Mandarinbanana

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 = 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

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

爲

wèi = w + ei4

variant of 為|为[wei4]

为

爲

wéi = w + ei2

variant of 為|为[wei2]

什

shén

么

麼

what? / something / anything

什

shén = sh + (e)n2

what

什 = 亻 + 十 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) invited Rosa Luxemburg (亻) for a cooking date in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). Everything goes well but when they want to dig in suddenly Rosa Luxemburg pulls out a big cross (十) for a mealtime prayer, and Sherlock just goes "what?????" (什)

什

shí = sh + Ø2

ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous

么

麼

má = m + a2

exclamatory final particle

么

麼

ma = m + a5

interrogative final particle

么

麼

me = m + e5

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

么

麽

me = m + e5

variant of 麼|么[me5]

么 = 丿 + 厶 : Mahatma Gandhi wears a fake nose and wants to eat a banana on top of the elevator, but it's actually very hard to eat a banana when you're wearing a fake nose.

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

surname Yao

幺

么

ya̅o = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

幺 = 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 幺点, ace: an ace card.

幺 = 厶 : Maud Younger is going to a poker tournament in the aorta. Before she enters, she hides an ace in her fake nose in front of the aorta.

我

wǒ = w + o3

I; me; my

我 = 戈 + 手 : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).

想

xiǎng

要

yào

to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of

想

xiǎng = xi + ang3

to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)

想 = 心 + 相 : Inside the anglepod, Marie Curie misses the ent. She thinks of him and wants to give him her heart.

想

xiǎng = xi + ang3

to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

要

ya̅o = y + ao1

to demand / to request / to coerce

要

yào = y + ao4

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.

要

ya̅o = y + ao1

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要

yào = y + ao4

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

的

di̅ = di + Ø1

see 的士[di1 shi4]

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

的

de = d + e5

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

的 = 勺 + 白 : Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).

的

dì = di + Ø4

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

剑

劍

jiàn = ji + an4

double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

剑 = 佥 + 刂 : Joan of Arc (ji) is fighting against Fu Qian (佥) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). While Joan of Arc is wielding a double-edged sword (剑) Fu Qian only wields a kitchen knife (刂).

剑

劒

jiàn = ji + an4

variant of 劍|剑[jian4]

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