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衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

衫短褲闊人矮鼻直

Chinese

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|- ! !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) | | | | | | | | |- !simp. (衫短裤阔人矮鼻直) | | | | | | | | |}

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