空侯

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	marquis
trad. (空侯)		空	侯
simp. #(空侯)		空	侯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōnghóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōnghóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: konghóu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hou²
    • Yale: kūng-hóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konghour
    • Palladius: кунхоу (kunxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khuwng huw

Rime
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦紅切	戸鉤切
Baxter	khuwng	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung1	hau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤoŋ  [ɡ]ˤ(r)o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːŋ  ɡoː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kōng	hóu
Middle Chinese	‹ khuwng ›	‹ huw ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁoŋ/	/*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/
English	hollow, empty; hole	feudal lord
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4034	5139
Phonetic component	工	侯
Rime group	東	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	空
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːŋ/	/*ɡoː/
Notes		矦隸變

Noun

空侯

1. (probably) Alternative form of 箜篌 (kōnghóu)