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

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

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)

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