衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

Chinese
Chinese gown (unlined) lack; short drawers; trousers; pants rich; wide; broad man; person; people short (not tall) nose
 
straight; vertical; frank; 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

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
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