司空

Chinese

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

Etymology

Written as 司工 (OC *slɯ koːŋ) in the bronze inscription.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-khong / sir-khong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihkong
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: sz̄-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sykong
    • Palladius: сыкун (sykun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ hung¹
    • Yale: sī hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General 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

1. (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

1. a surname