撲空

Chinese

		rush on	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (撲空)		撲	空
simp. (扑空)		扑	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pukong
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: pū-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pukong
    • Palladius: пукун (pukun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³ hung¹
    • Yale: pok hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-khang
    • Tâi-lô: phok-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phokqafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

撲空

1. to fail to get or achieve what one intended; to come away empty-handed; to fail to meet someone one intended to meet