空城計
Chinese
| abandoned city; empty city | to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (空城計) | 空城 | 計 | |
| simp. (空城计) | 空城 | 计 | |
Etymology
Stratagem #32 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): kōngchéngjì
- (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung1 sing4 gai3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-siâⁿ-kè / khong-chhîn-kiè
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kōngchéngjì
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kongchéngjì
- Wade–Giles: kʻung1-chʻêng2-chi4
- Yale: kūng-chéng-jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongcherngjih
- Palladius: кунчэнцзи (kunčɛnczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung1 sing4 gai3
- Yale: hūng sìhng gai
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung1 sing4 gai3
- Guangdong Romanization: hung1 xing4 gei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ kɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-siâⁿ-kè
- Tâi-lô: khang-siânn-kè
- Phofsit Daibuun: qangsvia'kex
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²⁴⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã¹³⁻²² ke²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ siã²⁴⁻²² ke⁴¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siã²³⁻³³ ke²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siã²⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-chhîn-kiè
- Tâi-lô: khong-tshîn-kiè
- IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ t͡sʰin¹¹ kie²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
空城計
- Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
- (figurative) hungry stomach
Derived terms
References
- 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空城计”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 空 | 城 | 計 |
| くう Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 4 |
けい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟ːʑo̞ːke̞ː]
Noun
空城計 • (kūjōkei)
- Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 空 | 城 | 計 |
Noun
空城計 • (gongseonggye) (hangeul 공성계)
- hanja form? of 공성계 (“Empty Fort Strategy”)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 空 | 城 | 計 |
Noun
空城計
- chữ Hán form of không thành kế (“Empty Fort Strategy”)