耳熟能詳

See also: 耳熟能详

Chinese

		familiar to the ear; familiar-sounding	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	detailed; comprehensive
trad. (耳熟能詳)		耳熟	能	詳
simp. (耳熟能详)		耳熟	能	详
Literally: “so familiar to the ears, that it can be (told) in detail”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrshúnéngxiáng, ěrshóunéngxiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ, ㄦˇ ㄕㄡˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ suk⁶ nang⁴ coeng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hī-se̍k-lêng-siông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): re² sêg⁸ lêng⁵ siang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrshúnéngxiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrshúnéngsiáng
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-shu²-nêng²-hsiang²
    • Yale: ěr-shú-néng-syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelshwunengshyang
    • Palladius: эршунэнсян (eršunɛnsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrshóunéngxiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄕㄡˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrshóunéngsiáng
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-shou²-nêng²-hsiang²
    • Yale: ěr-shóu-néng-syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelshournengshyang
    • Palladius: эршоунэнсян (eršounɛnsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ suk⁶ nang⁴ coeng⁴
    • Yale: yíh suhk nàhng chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ suk⁹ nang⁴ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ sug⁶ neng⁴ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sʊk̚² nɐŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-se̍k-lêng-siông
    • Tâi-lô: hī-si̍k-lîng-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixseglengsioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ siɪk̚⁴⁻³² liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: re² sêg⁸ lêng⁵ siang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jṳ́ se̍k lêng siâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚⁴⁻² leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

耳熟能詳

1. heard a million times, to the point where one can recite it in one's sleep; well-worn (phrase)

   • 以下就讓我們來看一些耳熟能詳的中文在英語中是如何表達的 [MSC, trad.]
     以下就让我们来看一些耳熟能详的中文在英语中是如何表达的 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004, 苏萍 (Su Ping), 耳熟能详的中文用英语怎么说, 上海小学 (Shanghai Primary School)

     yǐxià jiù ràng wǒmen lái kàn yīxiē ěrshúnéngxiáng de zhōngwén zài yīngyǔ zhōng shì rúhé biǎodá de [Pinyin]

     Below, let us take a look at how some well-worn Chinese phrases are expressed in English