君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑

See also: 君滚棍骨裙滚郡滑

Chinese

		monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	to boil; to roll	stick	bone	skirt	to boil; to roll	canton; county; region	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑)		君	滾	棍	骨	裙	滾	郡	滑
simp. (君滚棍骨裙滚郡滑)		君	滚	棍	骨	裙	滚	郡	滑

Etymology

Similar syllables pronounced with different tones in Min Nan.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kun kún kùn kut kûn kún kūn ku̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kwn kuon kuxn kud kuun kuon kun kut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴ kun⁴¹ kun²¹ kut̚³² kun²³ kun⁴¹ kun³³ kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴ kun⁵³ kun¹¹ kut̚³² kun²⁴ kun⁵³ kun³³ kut̚⁴/

Phrase

君滾棍骨裙滾郡滑

(Min Nan) A meaningless phrase used to memorise tones in Min Nan.

Usage notes

The phrase is misleading in the use of 滾／滚 (kún) 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), 滾／滚 (kún) belongs to tone two. One possible modification of this phrase for these dialects is to replace the second 滾／滚 (kún) with 近 (kǔn).