空心

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	heart; mind
trad. (空心)		空	心
simp. ^#(空心)		空	心

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khûng-sîm

(Hailu, HRS): kung^ˋ sim^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-sim / khang-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongsin
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsin¹
  - Yale: kūng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshin
  - Palladius: кунсинь (kunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ sam¹
  - Yale: hūng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˋ sim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ⁵³ sim⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: khong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-sim
  - Tâi-lô: khang-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

Verb

空心

to become hollow
(literary) to have nothing in mind

Adjective

空心

(attributive) hollow (not solid)

Antonyms

實心／实心 (shíxīn)

Descendants

扯空心架子
空心大老官
空心幣 / 空心币
空心架子
空心湯圓 / 空心汤圆
空心湯糰 / 空心汤团
空心病 (kōngxīnbìng)
空心磚 / 空心砖
空心菜 (kōngxīncài)
空心蘿蔔 / 空心萝卜
籃外空心 / 篮外空心

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûng-sîm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-sim / khang-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòngsin
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: kùng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqshin
  - Palladius: кунсинь (kunsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ sam¹
  - Yale: hūng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˊ xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-sim
  - Tâi-lô: khong-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongsym
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ sim³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-sim
  - Tâi-lô: khang-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangsym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ sim³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/

Adverb

空心

on an empty stomach