亻Mad Libs

shāng

wound [n.]
亻 + 𠂉 + 力
persona + lying down + muscle

Your persona is lying down to rest her wounded muscle.

custom
亻 + 谷gǔ
persona + valley

Your persona as a "valley girl" with unique customs.

réng

still [adv.]
亻 + 乃
persona + fist

your persona is still upset about something, pounding her fist

xiá

chivalrous person
亻 + 夹jiā
persona + press from both sides

your persona becomes a super hero when pressed from both sides and prevailing (you fill in the blanks of the story)

使

shǐ

use [v.]
亻 + 一 + 史shǐ
persona + one + history

your persona only uses one version of history

associate [n.]
亻 + 吕lǚ
persona + spine

your persona's associate is a spine doctor

jiè

borrow
亻 + 昔
persona + times past

Is your persona someone you could count on in times past for borrowing/loaning?

estimate [v.]
亻 + 古gǔ
persona + ancient

your persona estimates the age of an ancient tombstone and impresses the visiting scholars

xiān

immortal [n.]
亻 + 山shān
persona + mountain

the immortals live in the mountains (like Olympus)

qīn

invade
亻 + 4jìn
persona + Amelia Bedelia

your persona and Amelia Bedelia invade the house party, brooms in hand

Queen Elizabeth
亻 + 尹yǐn
persona + overseer/mop

you persona plays Queen Elizabeth the overseer, wears a mop wig

亿

one hundred million
亻 + 乙yǐ
persona + fishing

over-harvesting the oceans OR your persona wins the lottery and goes fishing

Buddha
亻 + 弗fú
persona + dollar sign

Your persona spends $ on a Buddha.

bèi

times
亻 + 咅pòu
persona + comedian

How many times has your persona made you laugh?

liǎ

duo
亻 + 两liǎng
persona + yoke

your persona yoked with her husband as a duo

yōu

excellent
亻 + 尤yóu
persona + Goofy

your persona awards excellence with a Goofy sticker

your persona achieve excellence as Goofy

rén

benevolence
亻rén + 二
persona + two

your persona’s benevolence goes both ways (people give to her, she gives to others)

chǔ

put in storage
亻 + 诸zhū
persona + various

your persona puts various things in storage like a microphone and some Wild West hero novels

wěi

great
亻 + 韦wéi
persona + tanned hide

your persona’s godson “David the Great” is a tanner

David becomes great when he tans Goliath's hide.

*David can be transliterated 大伟 or 大卫

bàn

partner
亻 + 半bàn
persona + half

your persona's other half is her partner

qiáo

live abroad
亻 + 乔qiáo
persona + pretend

Your persona pretends to live abroad, but really...

zhàng

battle [n.]
亻 + 丈zhàng
persona + one’s elder

your persona battling with her elders

chuán

spread [v.]
亻 + 专zhuān
persona + specialty/corsage

You! Corsage person! Please spread the corsages around to the men wearing tuxes.

dào

upside down
亻+ 到dào
persona + arrive

your persona arrives upside down

shēn

extend
亻 + 申shēn
persona + beet

your persona extends you a beet OR expresses/extends an invitation to the beet festival

whatwhichwhowherewhy?
亻 + 可kě
persona + can

Whatwhichwhhowherewhy? Your persona can!

é

Russia
亻 + 我
persona + I/me

What is your persona's connection to Russia?

low
亻 + 氐dī
persona + wax seal

your persona places the wax seal low on the folded letter

depend on
亻 + 衣yī
persona + clothing

What does your persona depend on for her clothing?

bow one’s head
亻 + 府fǔ
persona + government office

your persona bows her head at the government office to get her paycheck/tax rebate

gōng

supply [n./v.]
亻 + 共gòng
persona + together

your persona supplies the ___ in her together forever relationship

jià

price
亻 + 介jiè
persona + introduce

your persona introduced you to a special price on something

zhí

value
亻 + 直zhí
persona + straight

your persona examines the straightness of the ruler to determine its value

wěi

bogus
亻 + 为wèi
persona + act

your persona sees through the bogus act

pèi

wear at the waist
亻 + 几 + 一 + 巾
persona + wind + one + towel

Picture your persona only wearing towel around his/her waist. The wind is going to be a problem.

tōu

steal
亻 + 俞
persona + slaughterhouse

Your persona steals from the slaughterhouse.

jǐn

merely
亻 + 又
persona + right hand

your persona merely has to raise her right hand and everyone knows it will get done

example
亻 + 列liè
persona + line up

Your persona makes an example of herself by facing the zombies that have lined up with swords.

ào

haughty
亻 + 敖áo
persona + playboy

a haughty playboy who cares for no one but himself

Confucian
亻 + 需xū
persona + need

your persona needs a Confucian lesson in obeisance

bend over
亻 + 犬
persona + small dog

your persona bends over to pet the Pekingese

rèn

appoint
亻 + 壬rén
persona + knight

Your persona appoints/is appointed a knight.

yǎng

look up to
亻 + 卬áng
persona + collection of originals

You look up to your persona, so you would collect whatever she does.

similar
亻 + 以
persona + by means of

you use similar means to persona in what way?

jiàn

healthy
亻 + 建jiàn
persona + build

persona builds habits to stay healthy

by chance
亻 + 禺yú
persona + beekeeper

by chance your persona meets a beekeeper “oh!”

meticulous
亻 + 子zǐ
persona + child

your persona has a child named Meticulous

suī

*birdman
亻 + 隹zhuī
persona + special bird

Is your persona a birdman? Or dresses as one for Thanksgiving?

mentor
亻 + 尃fū
persona + thumb prick

Mr. Fu has been my mentor at the lab, teaching me how to efficiently administer the thumb pricks before patients have time to think about it.

lún

human relationships
亻 + 仑lún
persona + lifeguard

your persona wants the lifeguard job, not for the tan, but the human relationships

rén

*persona
person modified

This is one of the most common components in Chinese characters, so you need to choose a very uncommon person to be the "persona" in these character stories--a funny uncle, a favorite teacher, etc.--make sure it is someone that you know well who has a very colorful personality.

as a component: “人字旁” or “单人旁”

shén

what
亻 + 十shí
persona + ten/needle

What in the world is going on here? (sees persona with needle)

he
亻 + 也
persona + also/scorpion

your persona: he is also covered with scorpions

men

[plural]
亻 + 门mén
persona + gate

your persona finds her doppelganger (a person's look-alike) at the gate

you
亻 + 尔
persona + you [literary]

alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

jiǎ or jià

fake or vacation
亻 + 叚jiǎ
persona + copycat

picture your persona buying fakes on vacation

zuò

make
亻 + 故
persona + deliberate

your persona deliberately makes…

alternatively: 亻+古 + 攵 persona + ancient + taskmaster, persona makes ___ (whatever you want to picture your persona making) when ordered to by the ancient taskmaster

zhù

dwell
亻 + 主zhǔ
persona + lord

your persona dwelling with her lord

huà

transform
亻 + 匕
persona + person sitting

standing person transforms into a sitting person, maybe in a magic show

*stroke crosses through

dàn

however
亻 + 旦dàn
persona + daybreak

your persona planned on getting up at daybreak, however

However, Dan at dawn...

pay [v.]
亻 + 寸
persona + thumb

confirm payment with a thumbs up

dài

substitute for
亻 + 弋
persona + pistol

An important persona in a duel is the “second”, someone sent as a substitute for offended parties, whose primary role was to settle the dispute without violence.

xiàng

likeness
亻 + 象xiàng
persona + elephant

your persona dressed like an elephant

tíng

halt [v.]
亻 + 亭tíng
persona + pavilion

your persona halts to look at the strange pavilion

jiàn

piece [m.w.]
亻 + 牛
persona + cow

your persona cuts a cow in pieces

body
亻 + 本
persona + notebook

your persona carrying their anatomy notebook

your persona posing for an artist’s sketchbook

xiū

rest [v.]
亻 + 木
persona + tree

your persona leaning against a tree to rest

便

biàn

convenient
亻 + 更
persona + even more

your persona will buy even more if it’s convenient or cheap (便宜piányi)

bǎo

safeguard [v.]
亻 + 呆
persona + dim-witted

your persona safeguarding the dim-witted

fèn

portion
亻 + 分fēn
persona + part

your persona portions out the parts

xìn

faith
亻 + 言
persona + speech

you have faith in your persona’s speech

wèi

position [n.]
亻 + 立
persona + stand up

when a persona of position comes in, you stand up

zuò

do
亻 + 乍zuò
persona + saw

your persona singing "Do as I’m Doing” with a sawing motion

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chuán

spread [v.]

xiān

immortal [n.]

亿

one hundred million

Queen Elizabeth

chǔ

put in storage

xiá

chivalrous person

bow one’s head

zhàng

battle [n.]

associate [n.]

réng

still [adv.]

estimate [v.]

whatwhichwhowherewhy?

qiáo

live abroad

pèi

wear at the waist

dài

substitute for

wèi

position [n.]

bǎo

safeguard [v.]

jiǎ or jià

fake or vacation

lún

human relationships

gōng

supply [n./v.]

jiàn

piece [m.w.]

shāng

wound [n.]

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