掏空
Chinese
fish out (from pocket) | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
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trad. (掏空) | 掏 | 空 | |
simp. #(掏空) | 掏 | 空 |
Pronunciation
- 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