針空
Chinese
| needle; pin; injection | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (針空) | 針 | 空 | |
| simp. (针空) | 针 | 空 | |
| alternative forms | 針孔／针孔 Hokkien | ||
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng1 kang1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-khang / cham-khang
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng1 kang1 [Phonetic: zieng5 kang1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ciang-kang
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng1 kang1 [Phonetic: zieng5 kang1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng1 kang1 [Phonetic: zieng5 kang1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-khang
- Tâi-lô: tsiam-khang
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciamqafng
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-khang
- Tâi-lô: tsam-khang
- Phofsit Daibuun: zamqafng
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ kʰaŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Noun
針空
- (Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka, Xianyou Puxian Min) eye (of a needle)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 針鼻 (“eye of a needle”) [map]
References
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “819 针鼻儿（穿线孔）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 371.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “针空”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 582.