tree – shoo
Written as shù or shu
To remember that tree is pronounced shoo (shu) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:
All the trees have shoes (shoo) hanging from them.
Tones
Shoo (shoes) is a 4th tone with \ as an accent.
Associate shoes, a 4th tone, with lowering things like trip or slide down. See Tones and Mnemonics.
She slid down the giant shoe like a slide.
Remember
Shoo = 4th tone = \