東黨棟督同黨洞獨

Chinese
east
 
party; association; club; society
 roof beam supervise
 
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
party; association; club; society
 cave; hole
 
alone; independent; single; sole; only
trad. (東黨棟督同黨洞獨) 東 黨 棟 督 同 黨 洞 獨
simp. (东党栋督同党洞独) 东 党 栋 督 同 党 洞 独

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Min Nan (POJ): tong tóng tòng tok tông tóng tōng to̍k
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong tóng tòng tok tông tóng tōng to̍k
      • Tâi-lô: tong tóng tòng tok tông tóng tōng to̍k
      • Phofsit Daibuun: dofng dorng doxng dog doong dorng dong dok
      • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁵³ tɔŋ¹¹ tɔk̚³² tɔŋ²⁴ tɔŋ⁵³ tɔŋ³³ tɔk̚⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹ tɔŋ²¹ tɔk̚³² tɔŋ²³ tɔŋ⁴¹ tɔŋ³³ tɔk̚⁴/

Phrase

東黨棟督同黨洞獨

  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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