鮮為人知

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	man; person; people	to know; to be aware
trad. (鮮為人知/鮮爲人知)		鮮	為/爲	人	知
simp. (鲜为人知)		鲜	为	人	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnwéirénzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin² wai⁴ jan⁴ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnwéirénzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnwéirénjhih
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-wei²-jên²-chih¹
    • Yale: syǎn-wéi-rén-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanweirenjy
    • Palladius: сяньвэйжэньчжи (sjanʹvɛjžɛnʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin² wai⁴ jan⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: sín wàih yàhn jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin² wai⁴ jan⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin² wei⁴ yen⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 鮮為人知

1. to be rarely known to anyone; to be secret to all but a few