窟窿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (窟窿)		窟	窿
simp. #(窟窿)		窟	窿
alternative forms		窟籠／窟笼 窟櫳／窟栊 窟弄

Etymology

Disyllabic form of 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ, “hole; aperture”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūlong

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ ˙ㄌㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹ lung^4-1
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khut-long

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūlong
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ ˙ㄌㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kulo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-lung⁵
    • Yale: kū-lung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku.long
    • Palladius: кулун (kulun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ lʊŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹ lung^4-1
    • Yale: fāt lūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷ lung^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed¹ lung^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹⁻⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut-long
    • Tâi-lô: khut-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qutlofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔŋ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 窟窿

1. (colloquial) hole; cavity
2. (colloquial, figurative) deficit; debt

Synonyms

• (hole):

Dialectal synonyms of 孔 (“hole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		孔, 洞, 穴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孔, 洞, 孔洞, 空洞, 空穴, 窿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窟窿
	Singapore	洞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窟窿
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窟窿
	Wanrong	窟窿
	Xi'an	窟窿子, 窟窿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	窟窿, 洞洞, 洞
	Wuhan	窟窿, 窟眼, 洞洞, 洞
	Liuzhou	窿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	窟窿
	Yangzhou	洞, 窟窿
	Hefei	窟窿, 洞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窿, 咕窿
	Hong Kong	窿, 咕窿
	Taishan	孔
	Yangjiang	窿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	窿
	Singapore (Guangfu)	窿
Gan	Nanchang	洞
Hakka	Meixian	窿仔, 窿空仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	空
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	空
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	空
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	空
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	空
Jin	Taiyuan	窟窿, 窟子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	川
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	空空
Southern Min	Xiamen	空, 空口
	Quanzhou	空
	Zhangzhou	空口
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	空
	Taipei	空
	Penang (Hokkien)	空
	Singapore (Hokkien)	空
	Manila (Hokkien)	空
	Chaozhou	空
	Jieyang	空, 洞
	Haifeng	空
	Singapore (Teochew)	空
	Singapore (Hainanese)	空
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窿
Wu	Suzhou	洞
	Wenzhou	洞, 窟, 窟窿
	Jinhua	窟窿
Xiang	Changsha	洞, 洞子
	Shuangfeng	眼貢, 洞

Derived terms

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