口 Trumpeter Wu

shào

whistle
口 + 肖xiào
mouth + resemble

his mouth’s whistle resembles a bird’s OR “He resembles his father, the whistler.” (Trumpeter Wu)

chǎo

noisy
口 + 少shǎo
mouth + few

even a few mouths can be noisy OR "He’s got a few noisy riffs." (Trumpeter Wu)

shá

wha?
口 + 舍shè
mouth + abode

He’s with a friend: “Wha’s happenin’ in the abode?” (Trumpeter Wu)

diào

dangle
口 + 巾
mouth + towel

piece of napkin dangles from your mouth OR “a banner dangled below” (his horn) (Trumpeter Wu)

Wu
口 + 天
mouth + heavens

口天吴: this family hopes to taste heaven OR Trumpeter Wu: what comes from his mouth is heaven

waaah!
口 + 圭
mouth + bricks

shattering cry like bricks coming out of a mouth

“Lean on the brick wall, and you can feel his waaah!” (Trumpeter Wu)

amusement
女 + 吴wú
woman + Wu

Trumpeter Wu has a day of amusement planned with his woman.

xiǎng

echo [n.]
口 + 向xiàng
mouth + orientation

use mouth to get orientation from your echo OR “Wha’s happenin’?” he echoes. “Let me give you an orientation.” (Trumpeter Wu)

spit [v.]
口 + 土tǔ
mouth + soil

“And with his dip, of course comes spittin’ in the soil.” (Trumpeter Wu)

sǎng

voice box
口 + 桑sāng
mouth + mulberry tree

“When his voice box is sore, mulberry juice does the trick.” (Trumpeter Wu)

!!
口 + 拉lā
mouth + pull

一二三:la!! pull the Singaporians out OR "He pulls the la!! from inside." (Trumpeter Wu)

chuī

blow [v.]
口 + 欠
mouth + lack

when you blow, your mouth lacks air OR “His blow lacks no thrill." (Trumpeter Wu)

leaf
口 + 十
mouth + ten

“His other bad habit is leaf, ten at a time in his lower lip.” (Trumpeter Wu)

ha!
口 + 合hé
mouth + fit

In the dressing room: “Ha!” when it doesn’t fit. OR "Ha! It fit." (Trumpeter Wu)

fēi

coffee—last drop
口 + 非fēi
mouth + jail cell

keep drinking and get addicted

“He is locked into the coffee before the second set; can't perform without it.” (Trumpeter Wu)

trumpet
口 + 八bā
mouth + eight

“But with a trumpet, he could scale those eight notes up and down.” (Trumpeter Wu)

bugle
口 + 束 + 刂
mouth + bundle + sword

mouth of a bugle announcing the bundle of swords has arrived OR “As a bugle boy, he had a bundle of sticks on his back and a bayonet in front.” (Trumpeter Wu)

coffee—first drop
口 + 加jiā
mouth + add

taste the coffee and need to add something

"He adds coffee to his warm-up routine to sail him through the first set." (Trumpeter Wu)

shout [v.]
口 + 乎hū
mouth + ooh!

mouth shouts ooh! OR “And ooh! he can shout.” (Trumpeter Wu)

huí

return [v.]
囗 + 口
enclose + mouth

picture of a circle revolving in another

"And with that, the cycle is complete, and he’s headed home." (Trumpeter Wu)

jiào

call [v.]
口 + 丩jiū
mouth + horn

use mouth on the horn to call out

“His first horn was a straight one, just meant for callin’ the troops.” (Trumpeter Wu)

drink [v.]
口 + 曷hé
mouth + siesta

a drink next to your hammock

“When the gig is over, it is time for a drink and siesta.” (Trumpeter Wu)

chàng

sing
口 + 昌chāng
mouth + prosperous

alternatively: 口+日+日 mouth + sun + day, singSunny Day” from Sesame Street

“On a sunny day, he’ll sing.” (Trumpeter Wu)

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