耳空

Chinese

		ear	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (耳空)		耳	空
simp. #(耳空)		耳	空
alternative forms		耳腔 Hokkien 耳孔 Min Nan
anagram		空耳

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngê-*kĕ̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hī-khang / hǐ-khang / hīⁿ-khang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hin⁶ kang¹

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngê-*kĕ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰøyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hī-khang
    • Tâi-lô: hī-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hixqafng
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi³³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi²²⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǐ-khang
    • Tâi-lô: hǐ-khang
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /hi³³⁻²² kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi²² kʰaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīⁿ-khang
    • Tâi-lô: hīnn-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvixqafng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hĩ³³⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hin⁶ kang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hĭⁿ khang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ³³/

Noun

耳空

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Hakka) earhole
2. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew, Puxian Min, Hakka, anatomy) ear

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳孔 (“earhole (outer aperture of the ear)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳孔
Mandarin	Beijing	耳朵眼兒
	Taiwan	耳孔
	Harbin	耳朵眼兒
	Yantai (Muping)	耳朵眼兒, 耳朵眼子
	Jinan	耳朵眼兒, 耳朵眼子
	Luoyang	耳道眼兒, 耳道窟窿
	Wanrong	耳朵窟窿
	Xi'an	耳朵窟窿
	Yinchuan	耳朵眼子
	Lanzhou	耳朵門子, 耳朵眼子
	Xining	耳朵門門兒
	Ürümqi	耳朵眼眼子
	Wuhan	耳洞眼
	Chengdu	耳朵洞洞, 耳朵眼眼
	Guiyang	耳心
	Liuzhou	耳朵窿
	Xuzhou	耳朵眼兒, 耳眼兒
	Yangzhou	耳門子
	Nanjing	耳朵眼兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳窿, 耳仔窿
	Hong Kong	耳窿
	Taishan	耳孔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳窿
	Dongguan	耳吉窿
Gan	Lichuan	耳朵眼
	Pingxiang	耳朵眼
Hakka	Meixian	耳公窟, 耳窿
	Yudu	耳朵眼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳公空
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳公空
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳公空
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳公空, 耳空
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳空
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵洞
Jin	Taiyuan	耳窟窿, 耳朵眼兒
	Xinzhou	耳朵窟兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳川
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳空
	Fuqing	耳窿
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳空
	Jinjiang	耳空
	Tainan	耳空
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	耳空窟
	Jieyang	耳空
	Haifeng	耳空仔
	Leizhou	耳空
	Haikou	耳空
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	耳窟, 耳窿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳朵窿, 耳窿
Wu	Shanghai	耳朵洞
	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵管
	Danyang	耳朵凼
	Hangzhou	耳朵眼兒
	Ningbo	耳朵洞眼
	Wenzhou	耳朵空, 耳朵空頭
	Jinhua	耳朵洞
Xiang	Changsha	耳朵眼
	Loudi	耳朵眼

Dialectal synonyms of 耳朵 (“ear”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		耳
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		耳朵
Mandarin	Beijing	耳朵, 耳頭
	Taiwan	耳朵
	Langfang	耳頭
	Tangshan	耳頭
	Cangzhou	耳朵
	Baoding	耳道
	Shijiazhuang	耳朵
	Daming	耳子兒
	Ulanhot	耳朵
	Tongliao	耳朵
	Chifeng	耳朵
	Bayanhot	耳朵
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耳朵
	Harbin	耳朵
	Shenyang	耳朵
	Yantai (Muping)	耳朵
	Jinan	耳朵
	Luoyang	耳道
	Wanrong	耳朵
	Zhengzhou	耳朵
	Kaifeng	耳朵
	Xi'an	耳朵
	Yinchuan	耳朵
	Lanzhou	耳朵
	Xining	耳朵
	Ürümqi	耳朵, 耳瓜子, 耳朵瓜子
	Wuhan	耳凍
	Chengdu	耳朵
	Chongqing	耳朵
	Guiyang	耳朵
	Kunming	耳朵
	Guilin	耳朵
	Liuzhou	耳朵
	Xuzhou	耳朵
	Yangzhou	耳頭
	Xinghua	耳頭, 耳朵
	Nanjing	耳朵
	Hefei	耳道
	Nantong	耳頭
	Yanping	耳朵
	Malaysia	耳朵
	Singapore	耳朵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳仔
	Hong Kong	耳仔, 耳
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	耳仔, 耳吉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	耳仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	耳吉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	耳吉
	Macau	耳仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	耳仔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	耳仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	耳仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	耳吉
	Foshan	耳仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	耳仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	耳仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耳仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耳仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耳仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	耳仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	耳仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	耳仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	耳仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	耳仔
	Taishan	耳仔, 耳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	耳
	Dongguan	耳吉
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	耳吉
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	耳吉
	Qingyuan	耳仔
	Fogang	耳
	Yingde (Hanguang)	耳朵
	Yangshan	耳仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	耳朵
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	耳
	Shaoguan	耳仔, 耳朵
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	耳仔, 耳朵
	Renhua	耳朵
	Lechang	耳朵, 耳仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耳仔
	Sihui	耳仔
	Guangning	耳仔
	Deqing	耳
	Huaiji	耳仔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耳
	Yunfu	耳仔
	Xinxing	耳仔
	Luoding	耳仔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	耳
	Yangjiang	耳仔, 耳
	Xinyi	耳砣
	Maoming (Xinpo)	耳仔
	Lianjiang	耳仔
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	耳爹
	Nanning	耳朵, 耳仔
	Wuzhou	耳朵, 耳仔
	Yulin	耳鬼
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	耳朵
	Guiping	耳朵
	Mengshan (Xihe)	耳朵
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	耳朵
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	耳朵
	Baise	耳鬼
	Bobai	耳朵
Lingshan	耳朵
Pubei	耳朵
Qinzhou	耳朵
Ningming	耳朵
Hengzhou	耳朵
Hezhou (Pumen)	耳朵
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	耳仔
Singapore (Guangfu)	耳仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	耳仔
Yangon (Taishan)	耳仔
Mandalay (Taishan)	耳
Gan	Nanchang	耳朵
	Lichuan	耳朵
	Pingxiang	耳朵
	Jianning	耳朵
	Taining	耳朵
Hakka	Meixian	耳公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	耳朵
	Huiyang	耳公
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	耳吉
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	耳吉
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	耳公
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	耳公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	耳公
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	耳公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	耳公
	Wuhua (Changbu)	耳公, 耳朵
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	耳公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	耳吉
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	耳公
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	耳公
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	耳公
	Wengyuan	耳朵
	Liannan	耳朵
	Conghua (Lütian)	耳朵
	Jiexi	耳空
	Luhe	耳公
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	耳窟
	Changting	耳朵
	Yongding	耳朵
	Yongding (Xiayang)	耳公
	Yongding (Gaobei)	耳骨
	Yongding (Hukeng)	耳公
	Wuping	耳朵公, 耳朵
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	耳朵公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	耳腦, 耳公
	Liancheng	耳公
	Liancheng (Peitian)	耳公, 耳刀
	Liancheng (Juxi)	耳公
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	耳公
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	耳空
	Ninghua	耳朵
	Yudu	耳朵
	Ningdu	耳朵
	Tonggu (Sandu)	耳朵
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	耳朵
	Dayu	耳朵
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳空
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳空, 耳窟仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	耳子
	Hong Kong	耳公, 耳仔
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	耳
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	耳朵
	Xinyi (Sihe)	耳仔
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	耳朵
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	耳, 耳公
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	耳
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	耳朵
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	耳朵
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	耳朵
	Mengshan (Xihe)	耳朵
	Luchuan	耳朵
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	耳朵
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	耳朵
	Mashan (Pianlian)	耳朵
	Sabah (Longchuan)	耳吉, 耳朵
	Senai (Huiyang)	耳公
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	耳公
Singkawang	耳空
Singapore (Meixian)	耳公
Singapore (Dabu)	耳公
Bangkok (Meixian)	耳公
Bangkok (Fengshun)	耳公
Huizhou	Jixi	耳朵
	Shexian	耳朵
	Tunxi	耳朵
Jin	Taiyuan	耳朵
	Xinzhou	耳朵
	Taibus (Baochang)	耳朵
	Linhe	耳朵
	Jining	耳朵
	Hohhot	耳朵
	Baotou	耳朵
	Dongsheng	耳朵
	Haibowan	耳朵
	Zhangjiakou	耳朵
	Handan	耳朵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	耳仔, 耳川
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	耳, 耳朵, 耳仔
	Songxi	耳朵
	Zhenghe	耳朵, 耳
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	耳朵
	Jianyang	耳仔, 耳
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	耳窟
	Wuyishan	耳仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	耳朵
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳囝, 耳
	Changle	耳
	Fuqing	耳囝, 耳
	Yongtai	耳囝
	Gutian	耳囝
	Fu'an	耳栳
	Ningde	耳囝
	Shouning	耳栳
	Zhouning	耳栳
	Fuding	耳栳
	Matsu	耳
Southern Min	Xiamen	耳仔, 耳空
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	耳空
	Quanzhou	耳仔, 耳空
	Jinjiang	耳仔
	Zhangzhou	耳仔, 耳空
	Zhao'an	耳仔, 耳空
	Taipei	耳仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	耳仔
	Kaohsiung	耳仔
	Yilan	耳仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	耳仔
	Taichung	耳仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	耳仔
	Tainan	耳仔
	Taitung	耳仔
	Hsinchu	耳仔
	Kinmen	耳
	Penghu (Magong)	耳仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	耳空, 耳仔, 耳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耳空, 耳仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	耳仔
	Longyan	耳空
	Zhangping	耳空
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	耳空
	Datian	耳仔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	耳朵
	Chaozhou	耳
	Shantou	耳
	Shantou (Chenghai)	耳
	Jieyang	耳
	Haifeng	耳
	Bangkok (Teochew)	耳
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	耳
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	耳
	Singapore (Teochew)	耳, 耳空
	Leizhou	耳
	Wenchang	耳
	Haikou	耳
	Singapore (Hainanese)	耳
Puxian Min	Putian	耳空
	Xianyou	耳空, 耳囝
	Fuding (Aoyao)	耳朵
Central Min	Yong'an	耳仔
	Sanyuan	耳仔
	Shaxian	耳仔
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	耳窟
	Guangze	耳窟
	Jiangle	耳窟
	Mingxi	耳窟
	Shunchang	耳窟
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	耳囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	耳朵, 耳
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	耳朵
Wu	Shanghai	耳朵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵
	Suzhou	耳朵, 耳朵管
	Danyang	耳朵
	Hangzhou	耳朵
	Ningbo	耳朵
	Wenzhou	耳朵
	Jinhua	耳朵
Xiang	Changsha	耳朵
	Loudi	耳朵
	Shuangfeng	耳凍
	Quanzhou	耳朵

Derived terms

• 耳空屎
• 耳空輕／耳空轻
• 耳空重 (hīⁿ-khang-tāng)
• 耳空鬼仔

 

References

• “Entry #2693”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.