空巢

空巢

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	nest
simp. and trad. (空巢)		空	巢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngcháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ caau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kōngcháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchaur
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: kōngcháor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongchaurl
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ caau⁴
    • Yale: hūng chàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tsaau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ cao⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːu̯²¹/

Noun

空巢

1. empty nest

Derived terms

空巢期 (kōngcháoqī)

空巢老人