衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
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See also: 衫短裤阔人矮鼻直
Chinese[edit]
| 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 | ||
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| 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[edit]
A phrase comprising words pronounced with different tones in Min Nan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Phrase[edit]
衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
- (Southern Min) A phrase used to memorise tones in Min Nan. the clothes [are] short, the pants [are] broad, the person [is] short, the nose [is] straight.
Usage notes[edit]
The phrase is misleading in the use of 矮 (é) as an example for tone six (陽上／阳上). In dialects that distinguish tones six (陽上／阳上) and seven (陽去／阳去), 矮 (é) belongs to tone two.