空頭支票

Chinese

		nominal; phony; bear, shorts	cheque; check
trad. (空頭支票)		空頭	支票
simp. (空头支票)		空头	支票

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngtóu zhīpiào, kòngtóu zhīpiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ, ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ tau⁴ zi¹ piu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khang-thâu chi-phiò / khang-thâu ki-phiò / khong-thâu ki-phiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ tao⁵ zin¹ pio³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtóu zhīpiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongtóu jhihpiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-tʻou² chih¹-pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: kūng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtour jypiaw
    • Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòngtóu zhīpiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòngtóu jhihpiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-tʻou² chih¹-pʻiao⁴
    • Yale: kùng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqtour jypiaw
    • Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ tau⁴ zi¹ piu³
    • Yale: hūng tàuh jī piu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tau⁴ dzi¹ piu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ teo⁴ ji¹ piu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu chi-phiò
    • Tâi-lô: khang-thâu tsi-phiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau ciphioix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu ki-phiò
    • Tâi-lô: khang-thâu ki-phiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau kiphioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
    • Tâi-lô: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongtaau kiphiaux
    • IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ tʰau¹¹ ki³³⁴ pʰiau²¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong¹ tao⁵ zin¹ pio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong thâu tsiⁿ phiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ³³⁻²³ pʰio²¹³/

Noun

空頭支票

1. (finance) bounced cheque (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
2. (figurative) promise that cannot be achieved

   開空頭支票／开空头支票  ―  kāi kōngtóu zhīpiào  ―  to make an empty promise

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		空頭支票
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	空頭支票, 芭樂票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白頭單
	Hong Kong	空頭支票
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朳仔票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	那朳仔票
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	空殻票
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	空頭支票
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	空殻支票
Southern Min	Xiamen	空頭支票
	Kaohsiung	空殼支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	菝仔票
	Changhua (Yongjing)	菝仔票
	Tainan (Anping)	菝仔票
Wu	Shanghai	空頭支票
	Suzhou	空頭支票
	Ningbo	空頭支票

Dialectal synonyms of 空頭支票 (“bounced cheque”) [map]

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空头支票”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.