懸空

Chinese

		hang; suspend	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (懸空)		懸	空
simp. (悬空)		悬	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵ kong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánkong
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-kʻung¹
    • Yale: sywán-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuankong
    • Palladius: сюанькун (sjuanʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ hung¹
    • Yale: yùhn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang⁵ kong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng khong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰoŋ³³/

Verb

懸空

1. (literal) to suspend in the air
2. (figurative) to hang in the balance

Derived terms

• 懸空寺／悬空寺
• 懸空電車／悬空电车