通街

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	street
trad. (通街)		通	街
simp. #(通街)		通	街

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gaai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-ke / thong-koe

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: tūng gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-ke / thong-koe
    • Tâi-lô: thong-ke / thong-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongkef, tongkoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ ke³³/, /tʰɔŋ³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

通街

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) the whole street; the entire street

Adverb

通街

1. (Cantonese) everywhere; all over

   通街都係水／通街都系水 [Cantonese]  ―  tung¹ gaai¹ dou¹ hai⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  water is everywhere

   • 我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直頭係壞腸胃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 許冠傑, 半斤八兩 (bànjīnbāliǎng)

     ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai², tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek³ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶. [Jyutping]

     We workers are constantly running around everywhere, that's really bad for the digestive system.

See also

• 周街