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

  (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/
  • (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

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

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