空城計

空城計

Chinese

		abandoned city; empty city	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (空城計)		空城	計
simp. (空城计)		空城	计

Etymology

Stratagem #32 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngchéngjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sing⁴ gai³
• Min Nan (POJ): khang-siâⁿ-kè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngchéngjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongchéngjì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chʻêng²-chi⁴
    • Yale: kūng-chéng-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongcherngjih
    • Palladius: кунчэнцзи (kunčɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ sing⁴ gai³
    • Yale: hūng sìhng gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sing⁴ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ xing⁴ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ kɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-siâⁿ-kè
    • Tâi-lô: khang-siânn-kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangsvia'kex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ ɕiã²⁴⁻²² ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiã¹³⁻²² ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã²⁴⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiã²³⁻³³ ke²¹/

Noun

空城計

1. Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
2. (figurative) hungry stomach

Derived terms

唱空城計／唱空城计

演空城計／演空城计

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	城	計
くう Grade: 1	じょう Grade: 4	けい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːʑo̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

空(くう)城(じょう)計(けい) • (kūjōkei) 

1. Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
空	城	計

Noun

空城計 • (gongseonggye) (hangeul 공성계)

1. Hanja form^? of 공성계 (“Empty Fort Strategy”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
空	城	計

Noun

空城計

1. chữ Hán form of không thành kế (“Empty Fort Strategy”).