空隙

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	crack; occasion for dislike
trad. (空隙)		空	隙
simp. #(空隙)		空	隙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòngxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ kwik¹, hung¹ gwik¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khang-khiah / khàng-khiah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ kiah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kòngxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kòngsì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: kùng-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqshih
    • Palladius: кунси (kunsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ kwik¹, hung¹ gwik¹
    • Yale: hūng kwīk, hūng gwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ kwik⁷, hung¹ gwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ kuig¹, hung¹ guig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɪk̚⁵/, /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khiah
    • Tâi-lô: khang-khiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangqiaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰiaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàng-khiah
    • Tâi-lô: khàng-khiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarngqiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong¹ kiah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong khiah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiaʔ²/

Noun

空隙

1. gap; space; opening; crack

   • 請小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     请小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: Hong Kong MTR announcement

     cing² siu² sam¹ jyut⁶ toi⁴ hung¹ kwik¹. [Jyutping]

     Please mind the gap [at the platform].

2. interval; spare time; break
3. chance; opportunity; loophole

Synonyms

• (gap):

• 坼坼 (⁷tshaq-tshaq) (Wu)
• 必痕 (Hokkien)
• 必縫／必缝 (Hokkien)
• 必巡 (Hokkien)
• 空縫／空缝 (Hokkien)
• 縫／缝 (fèng)
• 縫仔／缝仔 (Hakka)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Shanghainese)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì)
• 裂痕 (lièhén)
• 裂縫／裂缝 (lièfèng)
• 豁豁 (⁷huaq-huaq) (Wu)

 

• (opportunity):

• 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
• 時機／时机 (shíjī)
• 機會／机会 (jīhuì)
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
• 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
• 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
• 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	隙
くう Grade: 1	げき Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くうげき [kùúgékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

空(くう)隙(げき) • (kūgeki) 

1. gap; space; opening; crack

   Synonym: 間隙

2. interval; spare time; break