詩史試時市事色錫食
See also: 诗史试时市事色锡食
Chinese
edit| poem; poetry; verse | history | to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test |
o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period |
market; city | matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair |
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance |
tin | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | ||
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| 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
editSimilar syllables pronounced with the first tone to the ninth tone respectively in Cantonese.
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 si2 si3 si4 si5 si6 sik1 sek3 sik6
- Yale: sī sí si sìh síh sih sīk sek sihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 si2 si3 si4 si5 si6 sik7 sek8 sik9
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 xi2 xi3 xi4 xi5 xi6 xig1 ség3 xig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ siː³⁵ siː³³ siː²¹ siː¹³ siː²² sɪk̚⁵ sɛːk̚³ sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Phrase
edit詩史試時市事色錫食
- (Cantonese) A phrase used to memorise the nine tones in Cantonese