空言

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Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
trad. (空言)		空	言
simp. ^#(空言)		空	言

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄧㄢˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongyán
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-yen²
  - Yale: kūng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongyan
  - Palladius: кунъянь (kunʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-giân
  - Tâi-lô: khong-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qonggieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Noun

空言

empty words; falsehood

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	言
くう Grade: 1	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

空(くう)言(げん) • (kūgen)

empty words, falsehood
空言(くうげん)を並(なら)べ立(た)てる。
Kūgen o narabe tateru.
He keeps on telling us lies.

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