小道消息

Chinese

		bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal	message; news; information
trad. (小道消息)		小道	消息
simp. #(小道消息)		小道	消息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎodào xiāoxī, xiǎodào xiāoxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou⁶ siu¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodào xiāoxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodào siaosi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao⁴ hsiao¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syǎu-dàu syāu-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudaw shiaushi
    • Palladius: сяодао сяоси (sjaodao sjaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodào xiāoxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodào siaosí
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao⁴ hsiao¹-hsi²
    • Yale: syǎu-dàu syāu-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudaw shiaushyi
    • Palladius: сяодао сяоси (sjaodao sjaosi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² dou⁶ siu¹ sik¹
    • Yale: síu douh sīu sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou⁶ siu¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou⁶ xiu¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯²² siːu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

小道消息

1. grapevine news; hearsay