赤手空拳

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	hand; convenient; ‑er	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	fist
trad. (赤手空拳)		赤	手	空	拳
simp. #(赤手空拳)		赤	手	空	拳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìshǒukōngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ sau² hung¹ kyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìshǒukōngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhshǒukongcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-shou³-kʻung¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: chr̀-shǒu-kūng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhshooukongchyuan
    • Palladius: чишоукунцюань (čišoukuncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ sau² hung¹ kyun⁴
    • Yale: chek sáu hūng kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ sau² hung¹ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ seo² hung¹ kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/

Idiom

赤手空拳

1. bare-handed and unarmed
2. (by extension) without any reliance; without anything to rely on