楔空

Chinese

	to wedge; wedge	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (楔空)	楔	空
simp. ^#(楔空)	楔	空
alternative forms	塞孔揳空揳孔

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soeh-khang / seh-khang

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soeh-khang
  - Tâi-lô: sueh-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soehqafng
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue(ʔ)⁵ kʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh-khang
  - Tâi-lô: seh-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sehqafng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

楔空

(Hokkien) to use something to block up a hole
(Hokkien) to offer a bribe

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 行賄 (“to bribe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		行賕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		行賄, 賄賂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	行賄
	Taiwan	行賄, 賄賂
	Chengde	行賄
	Chifeng	行賄
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	行賄
	Heihe	行賄
	Qiqihar	行賄
	Harbin	行賄, 㨃幣子
	Jiamusi	行賄
	Baicheng	行賄
	Changchun	行賄
	Tonghua	行賄
	Shenyang	行賄
	Jinzhou	行賄
	Malaysia	給咖啡錢
	Singapore	給咖啡錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	行賄
	Tangshan	行賄
	Cangzhou	行賄
	Baoding	行賄
	Shijiazhuang	行賄
	Lijin	行賄
	Jinan	行賄
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	行賄
	Dandong	行賄
	Yantai	行賄, 送小簍兒
	Yantai (Muping)	送小簍兒
	Qingdao	行賄, 賄賂
	Zhucheng	行賄
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	行賄
	Jining	行賄
	Wanrong	抿抹
	Linfen	行賄
	Shangqiu	行賄
	Yuanyang	行賄
	Zhengzhou	行賄
	Xinyang	行賄
	Baihe	行賄, 塞黑
	Xi'an	行賄, 塞黑拐
	Baoji	行賄
	Tianshui	行賄
	Xining	行賄, 打點
	Xuzhou	行賄, 行賄賂
	Fuyang	行賄
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	行賄
	Lanzhou	行賄, 塞錢
	Dunhuang	行賄
	Hami	行賄
	Ürümqi	行賄
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	行賄, 塞包袱, 撒窩子
	Nanchong	行賄, 塞包袱
	Dazhou	塞包袱
	Hanyuan	行賄
	Xichang	行賄
	Zigong	行賄, 包袱
	Chongqing	塞包袱
	Wuhan	行賄, 塞坨子, 築坨子
	Yichang	行賄
	Xiangyang	行賄
	Tianmen	行賄
	Guiyang	行賄, 塞包袱, 送禮信, 送禮, 送東西
	Zunyi	行賄
	Bijie	行賄, 擩包袱
	Liping	行賄
	Zhaotong	塞背手
	Dali	行賄
	Kunming	行賄
	Mengzi	行賄
	Guilin	行賄
	Liuzhou	行賄, 打封包, 打錘子, 打背手
	Jishou	行賄
	Changde	行賄
	Hanzhong	行賄
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	行賄, 攄錢
	Yangzhou	行賄, 賄賂, 攄東子, 意思意思
	Lianyungang	行賄, 賄賂
	Lianshui	送禮
	Nantong	行賄
	Anqing	行賄
	Wuhu	行賄
	Hefei	行賄
	Hong'an	行賄, 塞坨子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	賄賂, 行賄
Cantonese	Dongguan	使黑錢, 行賄
Gan	Lichuan	行賄
Hakka	Meixian	行賄, 賄賂
	Yudu	塞腰包, 打點
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	貼手㬹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	貼手㬹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	貼手㬹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	貼手㬹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	墊手㬹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屧紅包
Huizhou	Jixi	行賄
Huizhou	Shexian	行賄
Jin	Taiyuan	行賄, 賄賂, 打點, 下米
	Yangyuan	行賄, 送禮
	Datong	行賄
	Xinzhou	行賄, 下米, 送東西, 擩黑錢, 擩東西
	Lüliang (Lishi)	行賄
	Changzhi	行賄
	Linhe	行賄
	Jining	行賄
	Hohhot	行賄
	Erenhot	行賄
	Pingshan	行賄, 送禮
	Zhangjiakou	行賄, 賄賂
	Handan	行賄, 擼錢
	Linzhou	行賄
	Suide	行賄
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拍手角䟓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賂
Southern Min	Xiamen	楔空, 楔後空, 楔錢, 下賂, 使賂, 窒喙空, 窒喙, 攝手路 dated
	Quanzhou	楔空, 楔錢, 窒喙空, 窒喙
	Jinjiang	楔空
	Zhangzhou	楔空, 楔錢, 楔鐳
	Taipei	烏西
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	屧錢予人
	Kaohsiung	烏西
	Yilan	烏西
	Changhua (Lukang)	烏西
	Taichung	烏西
	Tainan	烏西, 楔空, 楔後手
	Taitung (Green Island)	烏西
	Hsinchu	烏西
	Pingtung (Liuqiu)	烏西
	Kinmen	楗錢, 楗空
	Penghu (Magong)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Pengnan)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Xiyu)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Huxi)	東包
	Penghu (Wangan)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Cimei)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Huayu)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Zhongtun)	烏西
	Penghu (Houliao)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Tongliang)	東包, 烏西
	Penghu (Jibei)	東包, 烏西
	Penang (Hokkien)	予咖啡鐳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予咖啡鐳
	Manila (Hokkien)	楔空, 楔錢
	Jieyang	使楔, 楔錢, 點油, 杵
	Leizhou	進貢
	Haikou	擼錢, 囊錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	行賄
Wu	Shanghai	行賄
	Shanghai (Chongming)	塞鈔票
	Suzhou	塞紙包, 行賄
	Danyang	賄賂, 行賄
	Hangzhou	行賄
	Ningbo	行賄, 塞暗亮頭, 塞銅鈿
	Wenzhou	行賄
	Jinhua	行賄
Xiang	Loudi	買賄, 打點

References

“楔空”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.