詩史試時市事色錫食

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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
 
trad. (詩史試時市事色錫食)
simp. (诗史试时市事色锡食)

Etymology

[edit]

Similar syllables pronounced with the first tone to the ninth tone respectively in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Phrase

[edit]

詩史試時市事色錫食

  1. (Cantonese) A phrase used to memorise the nine tones in Cantonese

See also

[edit]