插空

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (插空)		插	空
simp. #(插空)		插	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chākòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ ㄎㄨㄥˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhah-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chākòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄎㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chakòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-kʻung⁴
    • Yale: chā-kùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chakonq
    • Palladius: чакун (čakun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chākòngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄎㄨㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chakòngr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹-kʻung⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chā-kùngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chakonql
    • Palladius: чакунр (čakunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhah-khang
    • Tâi-lô: tshah-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhahqafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)⁵ kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

插⫽空 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to find time (to do something); to take time

Synonyms

• 偷閒／偷闲 (tōuxián)
• 抽暇 (chōuxiá)
• 抽空 (chōukòng)
• 抽閒／抽闲 (chōuxián)