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空城

空城

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (空城)		空	城

Noun

空城

(literary) abandoned city; empty city

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kōngchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûng-sàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: kōngchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄔㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchengr
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    空乘
    空城
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ sing⁴
  - Yale: hūng sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-sàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung´ sangˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ sang²
  - IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴ saŋ¹¹/