門庭若市

See also: 门庭若市

Chinese

		front door and front yard; family status; family	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	market; city
trad. (門庭若市)		門庭	若	市
simp. (门庭若市)		门庭	若	市
Literally: “front yard as busy as a marketplace”.

Etymology

令初下，群臣進諫，門庭若市。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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令初下，群臣进谏，门庭若市。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

Lìng chū xià, qúnchén jìnjiàn, méntíng ruò shì. [Pinyin]

Upon giving the order, a mass of ministers came to admonish; the front yard was as crowded as a market.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méntíngruòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ ting⁴ joek⁶ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méntíngruòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méntíngruòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-tʻing²-jo⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: mén-tíng-rwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mentyngruohshyh
    • Palladius: мэньтинжоши (mɛnʹtinžoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ tʰiŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ ting⁴ joek⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: mùhn tìhng yeuhk síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ ting⁴ joek⁹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ ting⁴ yêg⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ tʰɪŋ²¹ jœːk̚² siː¹³/

Idiom

門庭若市

1. with many visitors or customers

Antonyms

• 門可羅雀／门可罗雀 (ménkěluóquè)