了大空

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (了大空)		了	大	空
simp. #(了大空)		了	大	空

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-tōa-khang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-tōa-khang
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tuā-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaw'doaxqafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /liau⁴²⁻²⁴ tua²²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

了大空

1. (Singapore Hokkien) to lose money; to make a loss

Synonyms

• 了去 (Hokkien)
• 了本 (Hokkien)
• 了錢／了钱 (Hokkien)
• 倒篷頭／倒篷头 (¹tau ⁶bon-deu) (Wu)
• 倒貼／倒贴 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌本 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 打出本 (Hakka)
• 折本 (shéběn)
• 折錢／折钱
• 虧損／亏损 (kuīsǔn)
• 虧本／亏本 (kuīběn)
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• 貼本／贴本 (Hokkien, Xiang)
• 賠本／赔本 (péiběn)