一紙空文

一紙空文

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	paper	dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation
trad. (一紙空文)		一	紙	空文
simp. (一纸空文)		一	纸	空文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhǐkōngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zi² hung¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhǐkōngwén [Phonetic: yìzhǐkōngwén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhǐhkongwún
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chih³-kʻung¹-wên²
    • Yale: yī-jř-kūng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijyykongwen
    • Palladius: ичжикунвэнь (ičžikunvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zi² hung¹ man⁴
    • Yale: yāt jí hūng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzi² hung¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ji² hung¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Idiom

一紙空文

1. a worthless piece of paper