空隙

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	crack; occasion for dislike
trad. (空隙)		空	隙
simp. ^#(空隙)		空	隙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòngxì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ kwik¹ / hung¹ gwik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khang-khiah / khàng-khiah

(Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ kiah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòngxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòngsì
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-hsi⁴
  - Yale: kùng-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqshih
  - Palladius: кунси (kunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ kwik¹ / hung¹ gwik¹
  - Yale: hūng kwīk / hūng gwīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ kwik⁷ / hung¹ gwik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ kuig¹ / hung¹ guig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɪk̚⁵/, /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khiah
  - Tâi-lô: khang-khiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangqiaq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰiaʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàng-khiah
  - Tâi-lô: khàng-khiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qarngqiaq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong¹ kiah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong khiah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiaʔ²/

Noun

空隙

gap; space; opening; crack
- 請小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  请小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: Hong Kong MTR announcement
  cing² siu² sam¹ jyut⁶ toi⁴ hung¹ kwik¹. [Jyutping]
  Please mind the gap [at the platform].
interval; spare time; break
chance; opportunity; loophole

Synonyms

(gap):

坼坼 (⁷tshaq-tshaq) (Wu)
必痕 (Hokkien)
必縫 / 必缝 (Hokkien)
必巡 (Hokkien)
空縫 / 空缝 (Hokkien)
縫 / 缝 (fèng)
縫仔 / 缝仔 (Hakka)
縫縫 / 缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Shanghainese)
縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
縫隙 / 缝隙 (fèngxì)
裂痕 (lièhén)
裂縫 / 裂缝 (lièfèng)
豁豁 (⁷huaq-huaq) (Wu)

(opportunity):

商機 / 商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣 / 因缘 (yīnyuán)
契機 / 契机 (qìjī)
戰機 / 战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
時機 / 时机 (shíjī)
機會 / 机会 (jīhuì)
機遇 / 机遇 (jīyù)
火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
節裉兒 / 节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
縫縫 / 缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
際遇 / 际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	隙
くう Grade: 1	げき Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くうげき [kùúgékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ːɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

空(くう)隙(げき) • (kūgeki)

gap; space; opening; crack
Synonym: 間隙
interval; spare time; break

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN