破空

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (破空)		破	空
simp. #(破空)		破	空

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòkong
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: pwò-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohkong
    • Palladius: покун (pokun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

破空

1. (literary) to fall from the sky

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-khang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-khang
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoarqafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

破空

1. (Hokkien) hole; cavity (of a shirt, etc.)
2. (Hokkien, figurative) mistake or gap in a speech or theory; flaw; weak point; loophole

Synonyms

• (hole): 破洞 (pòdòng)
• (flaw): 漏子 (lòuzi), 漏洞 (lòudòng), 馬腳／马脚 (mǎjiǎo), 破綻／破绽 (pòzhàn); (Hokkien) 破隙

Verb

破⫽空 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien) to fall through and be exposed; to be uncovered

Synonyms

• 敗露／败露 (bàilù)
• (Hokkien) 煏空