磅空

Chinese

		a measure word; pound (unit of measurement); scale a measure word; pound (unit of measurement); scale; weigh	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (磅空)		磅	空
simp. #(磅空)		磅	空
alternative forms		磅孔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pong-khûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōng-khang

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pong-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bong kung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bong⁴ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /poŋ⁵⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōng-khang
    • Tâi-lô: pōng-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxngqafng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

磅空

1. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) tunnel (underground or underwater passage)
2. (Southern Min) culvert
3. (Taiwanese Hakka) cave; cavern; grotto

Synonyms

• (tunnel):

• 地下道 (dìxiàdào)
• 地道
• 坑道 (kēngdào) (military)
• 巷道 (hàngdào) (usually dug for transport, drainage and ventilation)
• 暗窿 (Hakka)
• 隧洞 (suìdòng)
• 隧道 (suìdào)

 

• (culvert): 涵洞 (hándòng)
• (cave):

• 山洞 (shāndòng)
• 山空 (Hokkien)
• 山窿 (saan¹ lung¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 岩穴 (yánxué) (literary)
• 洞穴 (dòngxué)
• 洞空 (Hokkien)
• 洞窟 (dòngkū)
• 石窟 (shíkū)
• 穴 (xué)

 

References

• “Entry #11293”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.