雞食放光蟲——心知肚明

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	light-emitting bug, especially a firefly		to be well aware
trad. (雞食放光蟲——心知肚明/鷄食放光蟲——心知肚明)		雞/鷄	食	放光蟲	——	心知肚明
simp. (鸡食放光虫——心知肚明)		鸡	食	放光虫	——	心知肚明
Literally: “the chicken eats a firefly—the heart knows and the stomach is bright”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ sik⁶ fong³ gwong¹ cung^4-2, sam¹ zi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴ / gai¹ sik⁶ fong³ gwong¹ cung⁴, sam¹ zi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ sik⁶ fong³ gwong¹ cung^4-2, sam¹ zi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴ / gai¹ sik⁶ fong³ gwong¹ cung⁴, sam¹ zi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴
    • Yale: gāi sihk fong gwōng chúng, sām jī tóuh mìhng / gāi sihk fong gwōng chùhng, sām jī tóuh mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ sik⁹ fong³ gwong¹ tsung^4-2, sam¹ dzi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴ / gai¹ sik⁹ fong³ gwong¹ tsung⁴, sam¹ dzi¹ tou⁵ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ xig⁶ fong³ guong¹ cung^4-2, sem¹ ji¹ tou⁵ ming⁴ / gei¹ xig⁶ fong³ guong¹ cung⁴, sem¹ ji¹ tou⁵ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚² fɔːŋ³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰou̯¹³ mɪŋ²¹/, /kɐi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚² fɔːŋ³³ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʰou̯¹³ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

雞食放光蟲——心知肚明

1. (Cantonese) to be well aware