萬人空巷

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	man; person; people	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	lane; alley
trad. (萬人空巷)		萬	人	空	巷
simp. (万人空巷)		万	人	空	巷
Literally: “ten thousand people (turning out to the event, and) alleyways are empty”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wànrénkōngxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ jan⁴ hung¹ hong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànrénkōngxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannrenkongshianq
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ jan⁴ hung¹ hong⁶
  - Yale: maahn yàhn hūng hohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ jan⁴ hung¹ hong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ yen⁴ hung¹ hong⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² jɐn²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

萬人空巷

the whole town turns out to (an event); all of the people in a place have turned out to (an event)

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