詩史試時市事色錫食

Chinese
poem; poetry; verse history
 
to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
 
o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
 market; city
 
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
color; dice; look; appearance
 tin
 
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (詩史試時市事色錫食) 詩 史 試 時 市 事 色 錫 食
simp. (诗史试时市事色锡食) 诗 史 试 时 市 事 色 锡 食

Etymology

Similar syllables pronounced with the first tone to the ninth tone respectively in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Phrase

詩史試時市事色錫食

  1. (Cantonese) A phrase used to memorise the nine tones in Cantonese

See also
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