眾所鳩知

Chinese

		numerous; multitude; crowd	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	(Cantonese) fucking	to know; to be aware
trad. (眾所鳩知/衆所鳩知)		眾/衆	所	鳩	知
simp. (众所鸠知)		众	所	鸠	知

Etymology

From a speech error on a press conference in 2012 by James Shing, the then CEO of Asia Television.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ so² gau¹ zi¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ so² gau¹ zi¹
    • Yale: jung só gāu jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ so² gau¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ so² geo¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ sɔː³⁵ kɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

眾所鳩知

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, vulgar, sarcastic) Synonym of 眾所周知／众所周知 (zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī)