唱空城計
Chinese
| sing; to call loudly; to chant | Empty Fort Strategy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (唱空城計) | 唱 | 空城計 | |
| simp. (唱空城计) | 唱 | 空城计 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chàng kōngchéngjì
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chàng kongchéngjì
- Wade–Giles: chʻang4 kʻung1-chʻêng2-chi4
- Yale: chàng kūng-chéng-jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq kongcherngjih
- Palladius: чан кунчэнцзи (čan kunčɛnczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: chông4 kong1 shang2 ji4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰɔŋ⁵⁴ kʰoŋ³³ ʃaŋ²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁴/
- (Changting)
Verb
唱空城計
- (idiomatic) to run an Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
- (idiomatic, of staff) to be almost completely absent
References
- 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “唱空城计”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 84.