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Chinese
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Chinese gown (unlined)
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lack; short
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drawers; trousers; pants
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rich; wide; broad
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man; person; people
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short (not tall)
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nose
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straight; vertical; frank straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright |
| trad. (衫短褲闊人矮鼻直)
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衫
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短
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褲
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闊
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人
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矮
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鼻
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直
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| simp. (衫短裤阔人矮鼻直)
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衫
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短
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裤
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阔
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人
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矮
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鼻
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直
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Etymology
A phrase comprising words pronounced with different tones in Min Nan.
Pronunciation
Phrase
衫短褲闊人矮鼻直
- (Southern Min) A phrase used to memorise tones in Min Nan. the clothes short, the pants broad, the person short, the nose straight.
Usage notes
The phrase is misleading in the use of 矮 (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), 矮 (é) belongs to tone two.
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