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Jyutping man4 gaan1 gu3 si6
Pinyin mín jiān gù shi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. folk story
  2. folktale
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    folk story; folktale; fairy tale
    (syn.) 民间传说, 民間傳說
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    民间故事
    民間故事
    man4 gaan1 gu3 si6
    • folk tales; folk stories; folklore
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他们在某些方面也爱工农兵,也爱工农兵出身的干部,但有些时候不爱,有些地方不爱,不爱他们的感情,不爱他们的姿态,不爱他们的萌芽状态的文艺(墙报、壁画、民歌、民间故事等)。
    他們在某些方面也愛工農兵,也愛工農兵出身的幹部,但有些時候不愛,有些地方不愛,不愛他們的感情,不愛他們的姿態,不愛他們的萌芽狀態的文藝(牆報、壁畫、民歌、民間故事等)。
    tā men zài mǒu xiē fāng miàn yě ài gōng nóng bīng , yě ài gōng nóng bīng chū shēn de gàn bù , dàn yǒu xiē shí hou bù ài , yǒu xiē dì fang bù ài , bù ài tā men de gǎn qíng , bù ài tā men de zī tài , bù ài tā men de méng yá zhuàng tài de wén yì ( qiáng bào , bì huà , mín gē , mín jiān gù shi děng ) .
    • In certain respects they are fond of the workers, peasants and soldiers and the cadres stemming from them; but there are times when they do not like them and there are some respects in which they do not like them: they do not like their feelings or their manner or their nascent literature and art (the wall newspapers, murals, folk songs, folk tales, etc.).