隔籬飯香

See also: 隔篱饭香

Chinese

		separated by a fence; next door; the neighbors	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (隔籬飯香)		隔籬	飯	香
simp. (隔篱饭香)		隔篱	饭	香
Literally: “Next door's rice smells good”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ lei⁴ faan⁶ hoeng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ lei⁴ faan⁶ hoeng¹
    • Yale: gaak lèih faahn hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ lei⁴ faan⁶ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ léi⁴ fan⁶ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ lei̯²¹ faːn²² hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

隔籬飯香

1. (Cantonese) The grass is always greener on the other side.