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衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
See also: 衫短裤阔人矮鼻直
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !Chinese gown (unlined) !lack; short !drawers; trousers; pants !rich; wide; broad !man; person; people !short (not tall) !nose
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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 |}
Phrase
衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
- (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.