空落落

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	phonetic
trad. (空落落)		空	落落
simp. ^#(空落落)		空	落落

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngluòluò, kōnglàolào

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ , ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄠˋ ㄌㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngluòluò, kōnglàolào
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ , ㄎㄨㄥㄌㄠˋ ㄌㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongluòluò, konglàolào
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-lo⁴-lo⁴, kʻung¹-lao⁴-lao⁴
  - Yale: kūng-lwò-lwò-, kūng-làu-làu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongluohluoh, konglawlaw
  - Palladius: кунлоло, кунлаолао (kunlolo, kunlaolao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

空落落

empty and desolate
- 二姑娘搬出去的好快，你瞧瞧這地方好空落落的。 [MSC, trad.]
  二姑娘搬出去的好快，你瞧瞧这地方好空落落的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, Chapter 79
  Èr gūniáng bān chūqù de hǎo kuài, nǐ qiáoqiáo zhè dìfāng hǎo kōngluòluò de. [Pinyin]
  Yingchun moved out so quickly. Look how desolate this place is.
(figurative) to be low-spirited