掏空
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: taokong
- Wade–Giles: tʻao1-kʻung1
- Yale: tāu-kūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taukong
- Palladius: таокун (taokun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tou4 hung1 / tou1 hung1
- Yale: tòuh hūng / tōu hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4 hung1 / tou1 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: tou4 hung1 / tou1 hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
掏空
- (literally) to hollow out; to empty out
- (figuratively) to use up; to exhaust (one's energy); to rack one's brain
- (figurative, finance) to engage in tunneling
Pronunciation 2
- Jin (Wiktionary): tau1 kung3
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: tau1 kung3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau¹¹ kʰũŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
Verb
掏空
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 抽空兒, 抓空兒 |
| Taiwan | 抽空 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 抽時間 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 抽空 |
| Lichuan | 抽空 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 抽間 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 抽間 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 抽間 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 抽間 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 抽間 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 掏空 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 撥工, 閬工 |
| Quanzhou | 撥工, 閬工 | |
| Zhangzhou | 撥工 | |
| Tainan | 撥工, 閬工 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 落空 |
| Danyang | 抽空, 候空 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 抽空子, 抽空 |
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