有空

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (有空)		有	空
simp. #(有空)		有	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒukòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ū-khang / ǔ-khang
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu ⁵kon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukòng
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻung⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-kùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukonq
    • Palladius: юкун (jukun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒukòngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒukòngr
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-kʻung⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yǒu-kùngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoukonql
    • Palladius: юкунр (jukunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ hung¹
    • Yale: yáuh hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-khang
    • Tâi-lô: ū-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uxqafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u³³⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /u²²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǔ-khang
    • Tâi-lô: ǔ-khang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u²² kʰaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu ⁵kon
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 kon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu ²kon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ³³  koŋ³⁴/

Verb

有空

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) to be available; to have free time; to be free

   隨時有空／随时有空  ―  suíshí yǒukòng  ―  to be available at any time

   你今天有空幫個忙嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你今天有空帮个忙吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jīntiān yǒukòng bāng ge máng ma? [Pinyin]

   Would you have time today to help me with something?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 有空 (“to have time; to be free”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		有空
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	有空兒
	Taiwan	有空
	Malaysia	得空
	Singapore	有空
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	得空兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	有空兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	得閒
	Hong Kong	得閒
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	得閒
	Taishan	得閒
	Dongguan	得閒
	Nanning	得空
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	得閒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	得閒
Hakka	Meixian	得閒
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	有閒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	有閒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	有閒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	有閒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	有閒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	有閒
	Hong Kong	得閒
	Senai (Huiyang)	得閒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	有閒
Southern Min	Xiamen	有閒
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	有閒
	Quanzhou	有閒
	Zhangzhou	有閒
	Zhao'an	有閒
	Taipei	有閒
	Kaohsiung	有閒
	Penang (Hokkien)	有閒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	有閒
	Manila (Hokkien)	有閒
	Chaozhou	有閒
	Shantou	有閒
	Shantou (Chenghai)	有閒
	Jieyang	有閒
	Haifeng	有閒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	有閒
	Singapore (Teochew)	有閒
	Wenchang	有閒
	Haikou	得閒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	有閒
Wu	Shanghai	有空
	Shanghai (Chongming)	有空
	Danyang	有空
	Hangzhou	有空
	Wenzhou	有空

Antonyms

• 沒空／没空 (méikòng)

Adjective

有空

1. (Southern Min) rich
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) odd; strange; surprising; unexpected

Synonyms

• (odd):

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• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)

 

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “有空” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].