膾炙人口

See also: 脍炙人口

Chinese

		thinly sliced meat and roasted meat; to be appreciated and praised	population; number of people in a family
trad. (膾炙人口)		膾炙	人口
simp. (脍炙人口)		脍炙	人口
Literally: “thinly sliced, roasted meat in the people's mouths”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuàizhìrénkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄓˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² zek³ jan⁴ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuàizhìrénkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄓˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuàijhìhrénkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴-chih⁴-jên²-kʻou³
    • Yale: kwài-jr̀-rén-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuayjyhrenkoou
    • Palladius: куайчжижэнькоу (kuajčžižɛnʹkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui² zek³ jan⁴ hau²
    • Yale: kúi jek yàhn háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui² dzek⁸ jan⁴ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui² zég³ yen⁴ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ t͡sɛːk̚³ jɐn²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Idiom

膾炙人口

1. universally appreciated (especially of literary works); liked by many; appealing to the masses; on everyone's lips

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (膾炙人口):

• → Vietnamese: quái chá nhân khẩu (膾炙人口)