空巢

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	nest
trad. (空巢)		空	巢
simp. #(空巢)		空	巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngcháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ caau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngcháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongcháo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻao²
    • Yale: kūng-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchaur
    • Palladius: кунчао (kunčao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngcháor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongcháor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kūng-cháur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchaurl
    • Palladius: кунчаор (kunčaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ caau⁴
    • Yale: hūng chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ cao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːu̯²¹/

Noun

空巢

1. empty nest

Derived terms

• 空巢期 (kōngcháoqī)
• 空巢老人