漏洞

Chinese

		funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge	cave; hole
trad. (漏洞)		漏	洞
simp. #(漏洞)		漏	洞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lòudòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶ dung⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁷ dang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lòudòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lòudòng
    • Wade–Giles: lou⁴-tung⁴
    • Yale: lòu-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lowdonq
    • Palladius: лоудун (loudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁶ dung⁶
    • Yale: lauh duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²² tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxdong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao⁷ dang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lāu tāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau¹¹ taŋ¹¹/

Noun

漏洞

1. leak; hole
2. (figurative) loophole (in rules and regulations)
3. (figurative, computing) hole (in computer programs)

Synonyms

• (leak): (Sichuan) 漏眼
• (loophole): 馬腳／马脚 (mǎjiǎo), 破綻／破绽 (pòzhàn); (Hokkien) 破隙

Derived terms

• 法律漏洞
• 漏洞百出 (lòudòngbǎichū)