衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

See also: 衫短裤阔人矮鼻直

Chinese

		Chinese gown (unlined)	lack; short	drawers; trousers; pants	rich; wide; broad	man; person; people	short (not tall)	nose	straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
trad. (衫短褲闊人矮鼻直)		衫	短	褲	闊	人	矮	鼻	直
simp. (衫短裤阔人矮鼻直)		衫	短	裤	阔	人	矮	鼻	直

Etymology

A phrase comprising words pronounced with the first tone to the eighth tone respectively in Min Nan.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ té khò͘ khoah lâng é phīⁿ ti̍t

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ té khò͘ khoah lâng é phīⁿ ti̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sann té khòo khuah lâng é phīnn ti̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svaf dea qox qoaq laang ea phvi dit
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴ te⁴¹ kʰɔ²¹ kʰuaʔ³² laŋ²³ e⁴¹ pʰĩ³³ tit̚⁴/

Phrase

衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

1. (Min Nan) A phrase used to memorise the eight tones in Min Nan. the clothes [are] short, the pants [are] broad, the person [is] short, the nose [is] straight.

Usage notes

In many dialects of Min Nan, the second tone and the sixth tone have merged.

See also

• 獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿／狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿
• 東黨棟督同黨洞獨／东党栋督同党洞独
• 君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑／君滚棍骨裙滚郡滑
• (Cantonese) 三九四零五二七八六
• (Mandarin) 媽麻馬罵／妈麻马骂 (mā má mǎ mà)