挖空心思
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Chinese
[edit]to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain |
thoughts; ideas; thinking | ||
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trad. (挖空心思) | 挖 | 空 | 心思 | |
simp. #(挖空心思) | 挖 | 空 | 心思 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wakongsinsih
- Wade–Giles: wa1-kʻung1-hsin1-ssŭ1
- Yale: wā-kūng-syīn-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakongshinsy
- Palladius: вакунсиньсы (vakunsinʹsy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: waat3 hung1 sam1 si1
- Yale: waat hūng sām sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: waat8 hung1 sam1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: wad3 hung1 sem1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]挖空心思
- (usually derogatory) to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer
Synonyms
[edit]- (Hokkien) 想心想肝