兩手空空
See also: 两手空空
Chinese
| both hands; dual tactics; both aspects | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain |
emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (兩手空空) | 兩手 | 空 | 空 | |
| simp. (两手空空) | 两手 | 空 | 空 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): liǎngshǒukōngkōng
- (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng5 sau2 hung1 hung1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic: liángshǒukōngkōng]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngshǒukongkong
- Wade–Giles: liang3-shou3-kʻung1-kʻung1
- Yale: lyǎng-shǒu-kūng-kūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangshooukongkong
- Palladius: ляншоукункун (ljanšoukunkun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: loeng5 sau2 hung1 hung1
- Yale: léuhng sáu hūng hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng5 sau2 hung1 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng5 seo2 hung1 hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
兩手空空
- to be emptyhanded; to be left with nothing; not receiving anything