君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑

Chinese
 
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
 to boil; to roll stick bone skirt to boil; to roll canton; county; region
 
comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑) 君 滾 棍 骨 裙 滾 郡 滑
simp. (君滚棍骨裙滚郡滑) 君 滚 棍 骨 裙 滚 郡 滑

Etymology

Similar syllables pronounced with the first tone to the eighth tone respectively in Min Nan.

Pronunciation
  • Min Nan (POJ): kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t
      • Tâi-lô: kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t
      • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn kuon kuxn kud kuun kuon kun kut
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴ kun⁴¹ kun²¹ kut̚³² kun²³ kun⁴¹ kun³³ kut̚⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴ kun⁵³ kun¹¹ kut̚³² kun²⁴ kun⁵³ kun³³ kut̚⁴/

Phrase

君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑

  1. (Min Nan) A meaningless phrase used to memorise the eight tones in Min Nan.

Usage notes

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

See also
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