落空

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (落空)		落	空
simp. #(落空)		落	空

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ hung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-khûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-khong / lo̍h-khang
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-khon; ⁸loq ¹khon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòkong
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: lwò-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohkong
    • Palladius: локун (lokun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: lohk hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: log kung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-khong
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logqofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² kʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-khang
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqqafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸loq-khon; ⁸loq ¹khon
    • MiniDict: loh^入 khon; loh^入 khon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-khon; ⁵loq ¹khon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ kʰoŋ²³/, /loʔ²²  kʰoŋ⁵³/

Verb

落⫽空 (verb-object)

1. to fail to achieve something; to come to nothing; to fall through
2. (Wu) to find time (to do something); to take time

Synonyms

• (to find time):

Dialectal synonyms of 抽空 (“to find time; to take time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	抽空兒, 抓空兒
	Taiwan	抽空
Cantonese	Hong Kong	抽時間
Gan	Nanchang	抽空
	Lichuan	抽空
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	抽間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	抽間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	抽間
Jin	Taiyuan	掏空
Southern Min	Xiamen	撥工, 閬工
	Quanzhou	撥工, 閬工
	Zhangzhou	撥工
	Tainan	撥工, 閬工
Wu	Shanghai	落空
	Danyang	抽空, 候空
Xiang	Changsha	抽空子, 抽空

Pronunciation 2

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-khang
    • Tâi-lô: làu-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao'qafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaŋ³³/

Verb

落⫽空 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to not have passengers nor cargo on the return trip (of a car, ship, etc.)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have nobody to look after (a place)
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be the bye (the position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table)