空隙

空隙

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	crack; occasion for dislike
simp. and trad. (空隙)		空	隙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kòngxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ kwik¹, hung¹ gwik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khang-khiah / khàng-khiah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kòngxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqshih
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ kwik¹, hung¹ gwik¹
    • Yale: hūng kwīk, hūng gwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ kwik⁷, hung¹ gwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ kuig¹, hung¹ guig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɪk̚⁵/, /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khiah
    • Tâi-lô: khang-khiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangqiaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰiaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khàng-khiah
    • Tâi-lô: khàng-khiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qarngqiaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiaʔ³²/

Noun

空隙

1. gap; space; opening; crack

   請小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   请小心月台空隙。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: Hong Kong MTR announcement

   Cing² siu² sam¹ jyut⁶ toi⁴ hung¹ kwik¹. [Jyutping]

   Please mind the gap [at the platform].

2. interval; spare time; break
3. chance; opportunity; loophole

Synonyms

• (gap): 縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì); (Hakka) 縫仔／缝仔; (Min Nan) 空縫／空缝