司空
Chinese
company; control | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
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trad. (司空) | 司 | 空 | |
simp. #(司空) | 司 | 空 |
Etymology
Written as 司工 (OC *slɯ koːŋ) in the bronze inscription.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sihkong
- Wade–Giles: ssŭ1-kʻung1
- Yale: sz̄-kūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sykong
- Palladius: сыкун (sykun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: si1 hung1
- Yale: sī hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: xi1 hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 司空
- (historical) Minister of Works (one of the three most important official posts during the Han Dynasty)
Derived terms
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Related terms
- 三公 (sāngōng)
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 司空
- a surname