獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿
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See also: 狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿
Chinese
[edit]| lion | tiger | leopard; panther | turtle | monkey | dog | shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths) |
deer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿/獅虎豹龞猴狗象鹿) | 獅 | 虎 | 豹 | 鱉/龞 | 猴 | 狗 | 象 | 鹿 | |
| simp. (狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿) | 狮 | 虎 | 豹 | 鳖 | 猴 | 狗 | 象 | 鹿 | |
Etymology
[edit]A phrase comprising words pronounced with different tones in Min Nan.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sai hó͘ pà pih kâu káu chhiūⁿ lo̍k
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai hó͘ pà pih kâu káu chhiūⁿ lo̍k
- Tâi-lô: sai hóo pà pih kâu káu tshiūnn lo̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: say hor pax piq kaau kao chviu lok
- IPA (Taipei): /sai⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³ pa¹¹ piʔ³² kau²⁴ kau⁵³ t͡sʰiũ³³ lɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴⁴ hɔ⁴¹ pa²¹ piʔ³² kau²³ kau⁴¹ t͡sʰiũ³³ lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Phrase
[edit]獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿
- (Southern Min) A list of eight animals used to memorise tones in Min Nan.
Usage notes
[edit]The phrase is misleading in the use of 狗 (káu) 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), 狗 (káu) belongs to tone two.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Chinese phrases
- Hokkien phrases
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 獅
- Chinese terms spelled with 虎
- Chinese terms spelled with 豹
- Chinese terms spelled with 鱉
- Chinese terms spelled with 猴
- Chinese terms spelled with 狗
- Chinese terms spelled with 象
- Chinese terms spelled with 鹿
- Southern Min Chinese
- Chinese juxtapositional idioms
- Chinese mnemonics