輪空

Chinese

		wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (輪空)		輪	空
simp. (轮空)		轮	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnkong
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-kʻung¹
    • Yale: lwún-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenkong
    • Palladius: лунькун (lunʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ hung¹
    • Yale: lèuhn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

輪空

1. to be the bye (the position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 落空 (làu-khang)