空言

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (空言)		空	言
simp. #(空言)		空	言

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄧㄢˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-giân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongyán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-yen²
    • Yale: kūng-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongyan
    • Palladius: кунъянь (kunʺjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-giân
    • Tâi-lô: khong-giân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qonggieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

空言

1. empty words; falsehood

Derived terms

• 徒託空言／徒托空言
• 空言無補／空言无补
• 空言虛語／空言虚语
• 空言虛辭／空言虚辞
• 託之空言／托之空言

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	言
くう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

空(くう)言(げん) • (kūgen) 

1. empty words, falsehood

   空言(くうげん)を並(なら)べ立(た)てる。

   Kūgen o narabe tateru.

   He keeps on telling us lies.