空虛

See also: 空虚

Chinese

	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain
trad. (空虛)	空	虛
simp. (空虚)	空	虚
anagram	虛空／虚空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngxū

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ heoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûng-hî
Eastern Min (BUC): kŭng-hṳ̆
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-hir / khang-hu / khang-hi / khong-hir / khong-hu / khong-hi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khon-shiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongsyu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsü¹
  - Yale: kūng-syū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshiu
  - Palladius: кунсюй (kunsjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ heoi¹
  - Yale: hūng hēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ hêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-hî
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung´ hi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ hi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kŭng-hṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hir
  - Tâi-lô: khang-hir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ hɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hu
  - Tâi-lô: khang-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanghw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hi
  - Tâi-lô: khang-hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanghy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-hir
  - Tâi-lô: khong-hir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ hɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-hu
  - Tâi-lô: khong-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qonghw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-hi
  - Tâi-lô: khong-hi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qonghy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khon-shiu
  - MiniDict: khon^平 shiu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khon-xy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ ɕy²¹/

Adjective

空虛

hollow; empty
devoid of meaning

Synonyms

(hollow): 空洞 (kōngdòng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “hollow”): 充實／充实 (chōngshí)