司空

Chinese

		company; control	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (司空)		司	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sīkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ hung¹
Min Nan (POJ): su-khong / sir-khong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sīkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sykong
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ hung¹
  - Yale: sī hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ hung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-khong
  - Tâi-lô: su-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'qofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-khong
  - Tâi-lô: sir-khong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/

Noun

司空

(historical) Minister of Works (one of the three most important official posts during the Han Dynasty)

Derived terms

司空見慣／司空见惯 (sīkōngjiànguàn)

Related terms

三公 (sāngōng)

Proper noun

司空

A surname.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.