Mandarinbanana

used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

奈 = 大 + 示 : Napoleon (n) wants to put his guideon (示) on the peak of Mount Sinai (奈) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the robot (大) normally responsible for carrying his guideon is broken. Without any better option (奈) Napoleon will have to carry up the guideon himself.

兹

茲

zi̅ = z + Ø1

now / here / this / time / year

兹 = 䒑 + 𢆶 : Mnemonic symbol: a Nimitz class airplane carrier.

Zorro (z) prepares to join the Navy and enter the Nimitz class (兹) airplane carrier now (兹) in front of the space station (Ø1). Before he leaves though he prepares by smoking his remaining weed (䒑) and hiding two aces (𢆶) in his sleeves.

你

nǐ = ni + Ø3

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])

你 = 亻 + 尔 : Nefertiti and Rosa Luxemburg are sending you a peace dove inside the space station.

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

和

咊

hé = h + e2

old variant of 和[he2]

和

hè = h + e4

to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others

和

hú = hu + Ø2

to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards

和

huó = hu + o2

to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]

和

huò = hu + o4

to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs

和

龢

hé = h + e2

old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious

和

hé = h + e2

(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese

和 = 口 + 禾 : Hamlet (h) came up with a plan for world peace (和): He wants to end hunger once and for all by distributing cereals (禾) and mandarins (口) all over the world, starting in the elevator's kitchen (e2).

我

wǒ

们

們

men

we / us / ourselves / our

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).

们

們

men = m + (e)n5

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

们 = 亻 + 门 : Rosa Luxemburg and Mahatma Gandhi are fighting on top of the Erechtheion. Rosa thinks it will be an easy win, but she didn't see the trap door in the floor yet.

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

个

個

gě = g + e3

used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]

个

箇

gè = g + e4

variant of 個|个[ge4]

个

個

gè = g + e4

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) / (bound form) individual

个 = 丨 + 人 : Neanderthal Man (人) needs to use the elevator's bathroom (e4) but it's occupied by Guy Fawkes (g), and there's only space for one individual (个). Impatiently Neanderthal Man knocks on the door using his dinosaur bone (丨).

队

隊

duì = du + ei4

squadron / team / group / CL:個|个[ge4]

队 = 人 + 阝 : The pope (阝), Neanderthal Man (人) and Doggy Dog (du) want to complete their squad (队) to consist of four persons, so they are casting potential members in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).

吗

嗎

má = m + a2

(coll.) what?

吗

嗎

mǎ = m + a3

used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]

吗

嗎

ma = m + a5

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

吗 = 口 + 马 : On the ashram, Mahatma Gandhi asks the unicorn if he can eat its mandarin.

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