街知巷聞

Chinese

		street	to know; to be aware	lane; alley	hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at
trad. (街知巷聞)		街	知	巷	聞
simp. (街知巷闻)		街	知	巷	闻
Literally: “known in the streets and heard in the alleys”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ zi¹ hong⁶ man⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ zi¹ hong⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: gāai jī hohng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ dzi¹ hong⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ ji¹ hong⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²² mɐn²¹/

Idiom

街知巷聞

1. (Cantonese) very well-known; ubiquitously known

Synonyms

• 家喻戶曉／家喻户晓 (jiāyùhùxiǎo)
• 家傳戶曉／家传户晓 (jiāchuánhùxiǎo)