空歡喜

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	joyful; happy; delighted
trad. (空歡喜)		空	歡喜
simp. (空欢喜)		空	欢喜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōng huānxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-hoaⁿ-hí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōng huānxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kong huansǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹ huan¹-hsi³
    • Yale: kūng hwān-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kong huanshii
    • Palladius: кун хуаньси (kun xuanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hoaⁿ-hí
    • Tâi-lô: khang-huann-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qanghvoa'hie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huã⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ huã³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huã⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huã⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huã⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/

Verb

空歡喜

1. to rejoice too soon; to be or feel let down