唱空城計

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant	Empty Fort Strategy
trad. (唱空城計)		唱	空城計
simp. (唱空城计)		唱	空城计

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng kōngchéngjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng kōngchéngjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng kongchéngjì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴ kʻung¹-chʻêng²-chi⁴
    • Yale: chàng kūng-chéng-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq kongcherngjih
    • Palladius: чан кунчэнцзи (čan kunčɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Verb

唱空城計

1. (idiomatic) to run an Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
2. (idiomatic, of staff) to be almost completely absent