空虛寂寞冷

Chinese

		hollow; empty; devoid of meaning	lonely; lonesome; solitary lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate; quiet; still	cold
trad. (空虛寂寞冷)		空虛	寂寞	冷
simp. (空虚寂寞冷)		空虚	寂寞	冷

Etymology

From the lyrics of Sandy Lam's song Anger (放縱) in the album Self-Indulgence:

我空虛　我寂寞　我凍 [Cantonese, trad.]

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我空虚　我寂寞　我冻 [Cantonese, simp.]

ngo⁵ hung¹ heoi¹, ngo⁵ zik⁶ mok⁶, ngo⁵ dung³ [Jyutping]

I'm empty, I'm lonely, I'm cold

Later quoted in and popularized through Stephen Chow's movie Hail the Judge.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngxū-jìmò-lěng, kōngxū-jímò-lěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ, ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxū-jìmò-lěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongsyujìmòlěng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsü¹-chi⁴-mo⁴-lêng³
    • Yale: kūng-syū-jì-mwò-lěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshiujihmohleeng
    • Palladius: кунсюйцзимолэн (kunsjujczimolɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxū-jímò-lěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄩ ㄐㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongsyujímòlěng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsü¹-chi²-mo⁴-lêng³
    • Yale: kūng-syū-jí-mwò-lěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshiujyimohleeng
    • Palladius: кунсюйцзимолэн (kunsjujczimolɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adjective

空虛寂寞冷

1. (neologism, slang) (spiritually) empty, lonely and cold

See also

• 羨慕嫉妒恨／羡慕嫉妒恨 (xiànmù-jídù-hèn)
• 空寂 (kōngjì)