空口

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (空口)		空	口
simp. #(空口)		空	口

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongkǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-kʻou³
    • Yale: kūng-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongkoou
    • Palladius: кункоу (kunkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ hau²
    • Yale: hūng háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

空口

1. empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement
2. (telecommunications) Short for 空中接口 (“air interface”).

Adverb

空口

1. without rice or wine (while eating dishes); with nothing to go with rice or wine

Derived terms

• 空口無憑／空口无凭 (kōngkǒuwúpíng)
• 空口說／空口说
• 空口說白話／空口说白话 (kōngkǒu shuō báihuà)

 

Pronunciation 2

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: khang-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangqao
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/

Noun

空口

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) entrance to a cave
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) hole; cavity
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wound; cut

Synonyms

• (entrance to a cave): 洞口 (dòngkǒu)
• (hole):

Dialectal synonyms of 孔 (“hole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		孔, 洞, 穴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孔, 洞, 孔洞, 空洞, 空穴
Mandarin	Beijing	窟窿
	Jinan	窟窿
	Luoyang	窟窿
	Wanrong	窟窿
	Xi'an	窟窿子, 窟窿
	Wuhan	窟窿, 窟眼, 洞洞, 洞
	Chengdu	窟窿, 洞洞, 洞
	Liuzhou	窿
	Yangzhou	洞, 窟窿
	Nanjing	窟窿
	Hefei	窟窿, 洞
	Singapore	洞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窿, 咕窿
	Hong Kong	窿, 咕窿
	Taishan	孔
	Yangjiang	窿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	窿
	Singapore (Guangfu)	窿
Gan	Nanchang	洞
Hakka	Meixian	窿仔, 窿空仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	空
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	空
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	空
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	空
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	空
Jin	Taiyuan	窟窿, 窟子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	川
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	空空
Southern Min	Xiamen	空, 空口
	Quanzhou	空
	Zhangzhou	空口
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	空
	Taipei	空
	Penang (Hokkien)	空
	Singapore (Hokkien)	空
	Manila (Hokkien)	空
	Chaozhou	空
	Jieyang	空, 洞
	Haifeng	空
	Singapore (Teochew)	空
	Singapore (Hainanese)	空
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窿
Wu	Suzhou	洞
	Wenzhou	洞, 窟, 窟窿
	Jinhua	窟窿
Xiang	Changsha	洞, 洞子
	Shuangfeng	眼貢, 洞

• (wound):

• 傷口／伤口 (shāngkǒu)
• 創口／创口 (chuāngkǒu)
• 瘡／疮 (chuāng)
• 空喙 (Xiamen Hokkien)