抽空

抽空

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (抽空)		抽	空
simp. #(抽空)		抽	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōukòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ hung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thiu-khang / thiu-khong
• Xiang (Wiktionary): chou¹ kong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōukòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: choukòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-kʻung⁴
    • Yale: chōu-kùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choukonq
    • Palladius: чоукун (čoukun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōukòngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: choukòngr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-kʻungrh⁴
    • Yale: chōu-kùngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choukonql
    • Palladius: чоукунр (čoukunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ hung¹
    • Yale: chāu hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-khang
    • Tâi-lô: thiu-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiu'qafng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³ kʰaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-khong
    • Tâi-lô: thiu-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiu'qofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: chou¹ kong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu³³ kʰʊŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰəu³³ kʰən⁴⁵/

Verb

抽空

1. to find time (to do something); to take time

   感謝您百忙之中抽空見我。 [MSC, trad.]
   感谢您百忙之中抽空见我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnxiè nín bǎimángzhīzhōng chōukòng jiàn wǒ. [Pinyin]

   Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to see me.

Synonyms

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抽暇 (chōuxiá) 插空 (chākòng)

抽閒／抽闲 (chōuxián)

Dialectal synonyms of 抽空 (“to find time; to take time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒
Mandarin	Beijing	抽空兒, 抓空兒
	Taiwan	抽空
Cantonese	Hong Kong	抽時間
Gan	Nanchang	抽空
	Lichuan	抽空
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	抽間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	抽間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	抽間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	抽間
Jin	Taiyuan	掏空
Min Nan	Xiamen	撥工, 閬工
	Quanzhou	撥工, 閬工
	Zhangzhou	撥工
	Tainan	撥工, 閬工
Wu	Shanghai	落空
	Danyang	抽空, 候空
Xiang	Changsha	抽空子, 抽空