空隙

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòngxì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ kwik¹ / hung¹ gwik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khang-khiah / khàng-khiah

(Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ kiah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòngxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòngsì
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-hsi⁴
  - Yale: kùng-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqshih
  - Palladius: кунси (kunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ kwik¹ / hung¹ gwik¹
  - Yale: hūng kwīk / hūng gwīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ kwik⁷ / hung¹ gwik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ kuig¹ / hung¹ guig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɪk̚⁵/, /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong¹ kiah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong khiah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiaʔ²/

Noun

空隙

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.
  Please mind the gap .
interval; spare time; break
chance; opportunity; loophole

Synonyms

(gap):

坼坼 (⁷tshaq-tshaq) (Wu)
必痕 (Hokkien)
必縫／必缝 (Hokkien)
必巡 (Hokkien)
空縫／空缝 (Hokkien)
縫／缝 (fèng)
縫仔／缝仔 (Hakka)
縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Shanghainese)
縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì)
裂痕 (lièhén)
裂縫／裂缝 (lièfèng)
豁豁 (⁷huaq-huaq) (Wu)

(opportunity):

商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
契機／契机 (qìjī)
戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
時機／时机 (shíjī)
機會／机会 (jīhuì)
機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	隙
くう Grade: 1	げき Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くうげき (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

空(くう)隙(げき) • (kūgeki)

gap; space; opening; crack
Synonym: 間隙
interval; spare time; break

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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