通街

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	street
trad. (通街)		通	街
simp. ^#(通街)		通	街

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gaai¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-ke / thong-koe

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ gaai¹
  - Yale: tūng gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ gai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-ke / thong-koe
  - Tâi-lô: thong-ke / thong-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tongkef, tongkoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ ke³³/, /tʰɔŋ³³ kue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/, /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

通街

(Cantonese, Southern Min) the whole street; the entire street

Adverb

通街

(Cantonese) everywhere; all over
通街都係水／通街都系水 [Cantonese] ― tung¹ gaai¹ dou¹ hai⁶ seoi² [Jyutping] ― water is everywhere
- (Can we date this quote?), “半斤八兩 [bànjīnbāliǎng]”, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直頭係壞腸胃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我哋呢班打工仔，通街走趯直头系坏肠胃。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ dei⁶ ni¹ baan¹ daa² gung¹ zai², tung¹ gaai¹ zau² dek³ zik⁶ tau⁴ hai⁶ waai⁶ coeng⁴ wai⁶. [Jyutping]
  We workers are constantly running around everywhere, that's really bad for the digestive system.

See also

周街