空子

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (空子)		空	子
simp. #(空子)		空	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: kùng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konq.tzy
    • Palladius: кунцзы (kunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

Noun

空子

1. gap; opening
2. unoccupied place
3. free time
4. opportunity (to take advantage of); loophole; chance

Synonyms

• (opportunity):

• 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
• 時機／时机 (shíjī)
• 機會／机会 (jīhuì)
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
• 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 抽空子
• 鑽空子／钻空子 (zuān kòngzi)