人人皆知

Chinese

		everyone; everybody; all of us	all; each and every; in all cases	to know; to be aware
trad. (人人皆知)		人人	皆	知
simp. #(人人皆知)		人人	皆	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénrénjiēzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ jan⁴ gaai¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénrénjiēzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénrénjiejhih
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jên²-chieh¹-chih¹
    • Yale: rén-rén-jyē-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrenjiejy
    • Palladius: жэньжэньцзечжи (žɛnʹžɛnʹczečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ jan⁴ gaai¹ zi¹
    • Yale: yàhn yàhn gāai jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ jan⁴ gaai¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ yen⁴ gai¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

人人皆知

1. everyone knows; widely known

   人人皆知的秘密  ―  rénrénjiēzhī de mìmì  ―  open secret

   • 人人皆知以多勝少是最好的辦法，然而很多人不能做，相反地每每分散兵力。 [MSC, trad.]
     人人皆知以多胜少是最好的办法，然而很多人不能做，相反地每每分散兵力。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rénrénjiēzhī yǐduōshèngshǎo shì zuìhǎo de bànfǎ, rán'ér hěnduō rén bùnéng zuò, xiāngfǎn de měiměi fēnsàn bīnglì. [Pinyin]

     Everybody knows that the best way is to use a large force to defeat a small one, and yet many people fail to do so and on the contrary often divide their forces up.

Synonyms

• 人盡皆知／人尽皆知 (rénjìnjiēzhī)