鑿空

Chinese

		chisel	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (鑿空)		鑿	空
simp. (凿空)		凿	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): záokōng, zuòkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zok⁶ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha̍k-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: záokōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: záokong
    • Wade–Giles: tsao²-kʻung¹
    • Yale: dzáu-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaurkong
    • Palladius: цзаокун (czaokun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòkong
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: dzwò-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohkong
    • Palladius: цзокун (czokun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zok⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: johk hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zog⁶ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha̍k-khang
    • Tâi-lô: tsha̍k-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhagqafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰak̚⁴⁻³² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

鑿空

1. (literary) to open up a road; to clear a path; to make a way

Adjective

鑿空

1. (literary) forced; far-fetched

Derived terms

• 鑿空之論 / 凿空之论 (záokōngzhīlùn)