十室九空
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ten
room
nine
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad.
(
十室九空
)
十
室
九
空
simp.
#
(
十室九空
)
十
室
九
空
Literally:
“nine out of ten houses are empty”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
shíshìjiǔkōng
,
shíshǐjiǔkōng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄕˊ ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sap
6
sat
1
gau
2
hung
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
, standard in
Mainland
and
Taiwan
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
shíshìjiǔkōng
Zhuyin
:
ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
shíhshìhjiǒukong
Wade–Giles
:
shih
2
-shih
4
-chiu
3
-kʻung
1
Yale
:
shŕ-shr̀-jyǒu-kūng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shyrshyhjeoukong
Palladius
:
шишицзюкун
(šišiczjukun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
(
Standard Chinese
, variant in
Mainland
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
shíshǐjiǔkōng
[Phonetic: shí
shí
jiǔkōng]
Zhuyin
:
ㄕˊ ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
shíhshǐhjiǒukong
Wade–Giles
:
shih
2
-shih
3
-chiu
3
-kʻung
1
Yale
:
shŕ-shř-jyǒu-kūng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shyrshyyjeoukong
Palladius
:
шишицзюкун
(šišiczjukun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
sap
6
sat
1
gau
2
hung
1
Yale
:
sahp s
ā
t gáu h
ū
ng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sap
9
sat
7
gau
2
hung
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
seb
6
sed
1
geo
2
hung
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/sɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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十室九空
(
of a space
)
desolate
after a
war
or
disaster
;
deserted
as people have
died
or
fled
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