放空

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (放空)		放	空
simp. #(放空)		放	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngkong
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: fàng-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqkong
    • Palladius: фанкун (fankun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ hung¹
    • Yale: fong hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-khang
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngqafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

放空

1. to relax one's mind; to completely relax
2. (of a taxi, etc.) to travel empty (without passenger or cargo); to deadhead
3. to miss the target
4. (Mainland China Hokkien) to boast; to brag
5. (Mainland China Hokkien) to present a bold front to conceal a weak defense

Synonyms

• (to boast):

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• 吹 (colloquial)
• 吹噓／吹嘘 (chuīxū)
• 吹水 (chuīshuǐ) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 吹牛 (chuīniú) (colloquial)
• 吹牛三 (¹tshy ⁶gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 吹牛屄 (chuīniúbī)
• 吹牛皮 (chuī niúpí) (colloquial)
• 呾卵話／呾卵话 (Teochew)
• 喝仙 (Min Nan)
• 嗙虎膦 (Southern Sixian Hakka)
• 嗙雞胲／嗙鸡胲 (Hakka)
• 好臉／好脸 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拉空 (Teochew)
• 拉誧／拉𰵩 (Teochew)
• 放臭屁 (Min Nan)
• 放風球／放风球 (Min Nan)
• 放風龜／放风龟 (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胿／𬅫鸡胿 (pûn-ke-kui) (Min Nan)
• 歕雞胲／𬅫鸡胲 (Zhao'an Hakka)
• 白話／白话 (báihua) (regional)
• 相空 (Min Nan)
• 矜人 (jīnrén) (literary)
• 練扇空／练扇空 (Min Nan)
• 膨風／膨风 (Min Nan)
• 自矜 (zìjīn)
• 自詡／自诩 (zìxǔ)
• 自誇／自夸 (zìkuā)
• 表功 (biǎogōng) (to brag about one's contributions)
• 誇／夸 (kuā)
• 誇口／夸口 (kuākǒu)
• 誇喙／夸喙 (kuă-*chói) (Eastern Min)
• 誇耀／夸耀 (kuāyào)
• 說大話／说大话 (shuō dàhuà)
• 講嘐潲話／讲嘐潲话 (Hokkien)
• 講空／讲空 (Min Nan)
• 車大炮／车大炮 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 風龜／风龟 (Min Nan)
• 鼓吹

 

• (to present a bold front): 空城計／空城计 (kōngchéngjì); (Min Nan) 放空城, 放空營／放空营

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