三九四零五二

Chinese

		three	nine	four	remnant; zero; to fall	five	two
simp. and trad. (三九四零五二)		三	九	四	零	五	二

Etymology

Six numbers pronounced with the first tone to the sixth tone respectively in Cantonese: 3, 9, 4, 0, 5, 2.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gau² sei³ ling⁴ ng⁵ ji⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gau² sei³ ling⁴ ng⁵ ji⁶
  - Yale: sāam gáu sei lìhng ńgh yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gau² sei³ ling⁴ ng⁵ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ geo² séi³ ling⁴ ng⁵ yi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːm⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ sei̯³³ lɪŋ²¹ ŋ̍¹³ jiː²²/

Phrase

三九四零五二

(Cantonese) A phrase used to memorise the six tones in Cantonese

See also

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