落空

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (落空)		落	空
simp. #(落空)		落	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ hung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-khûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-khong / lo̍h-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòkong
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: lwò-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohkong
    • Palladius: локун (lokun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: lohk hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: log kung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-khong
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logqofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² kʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-khang
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqqafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

落空

1. to fail to achieve something; to come to nothing; to fall through