空落落

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	phonetic
trad. (空落落)		空	落落
simp. #(空落落)		空	落落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngluòluò, kōnglàolào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ , ㄎㄨㄥ ㄌㄠˋ ㄌㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngluòluò, kōnglàolào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ , ㄎㄨㄥ ㄌㄠˋ ㄌㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongluòluò, konglàolào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-lo⁴-lo⁴, kʻung¹-lao⁴-lao⁴
    • Yale: kūng-lwò-lwò-, kūng-làu-làu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongluohluoh, konglawlaw
    • Palladius: кунлоло, кунлаолао (kunlolo, kunlaolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

空落落

1. empty and desolate

   • 二姑娘搬出去的好快，你瞧瞧這地方好空落落的。 [MSC, trad.]
     二姑娘搬出去的好快，你瞧瞧这地方好空落落的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, Chapter 79

     Èr gūniáng bān chūqù de hǎo kuài, nǐ qiáoqiáo zhè dìfāng hǎo kōngluòluò de. [Pinyin]

     Yingchun moved out so quickly. Look how desolate this place is.

2. (figurative) to be low-spirited