街知巷聞
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]street | to know; to be aware | lane; alley | hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at | ||
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trad. (街知巷聞) | 街 | 知 | 巷 | 聞 | |
simp. (街知巷闻) | 街 | 知 | 巷 | 闻 | |
Literally: “known in the streets and heard in the alleys”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4
- Yale: gāai jī hohng màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaai1 dzi1 hong6 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: gai1 ji1 hong6 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²² mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]街知巷聞
- (Cantonese) very well-known; ubiquitously known