衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

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
trad. (衫短褲闊人矮鼻直)
simp. (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

  1. (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 (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), (é) belongs to tone two.

See also edit