礨空

Chinese

			emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (礨空)		礨	空
simp. ^#(礨空)		礨	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lěikǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lěikǒng [Phonetic: léikǒng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lěikǒng
  - Wade–Giles: lei³-kʻung³
  - Yale: lěi-kǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeikoong
  - Palladius: лэйкун (lɛjkun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

礨空

(literary) ant nest; small cave
- 計四海之在天地之間也，不似礨空之在大澤乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  计四海之在天地之间也，不似礨空之在大泽乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jì sìhǎi zhī zài tiāndì zhī jiān yě, bù sì lěikǒng zhī zài dàzé hū? [Pinyin]
  I estimate all within the four seas, compared with the space between heaven and earth, to be not so large as that occupied by an ant nest / small cave in a large marsh!
- 空音孔。礨孔，小穴也……一云蟻冢也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  空音孔。礨孔，小穴也……一云蚁冢也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Lu Deming's annotation
  Kǒng yīn kǒng. Lěikǒng, xiǎo xué yě...... Yī yún yǐzhǒng yě. [Pinyin]
  空 is pronounced kǒng. Lěikǒng means small caves. Also said to mean ant nests.