空頭支票

Chinese

		nominal; phony; bear, shorts	cheque; check
trad. (空頭支票)		空頭	支票
simp. (空头支票)		空头	支票

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngtóu zhīpiào, kòngtóu zhīpiào

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄆㄧㄠˋ, ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄆㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ tau⁴ zi¹ piu³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khang-thâu chi-phiò / khang-thâu ki-phiò / khong-thâu ki-phiàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ tao⁵ zin¹ pio³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtóu zhīpiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄆㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongtóu jhihpiào
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-tʻou² chih¹-pʻiao⁴
  - Yale: kūng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtour jypiaw
  - Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòngtóu zhīpiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓㄆㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòngtóu jhihpiào
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-tʻou² chih¹-pʻiao⁴
  - Yale: kùng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqtour jypiaw
  - Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ tau⁴ zi¹ piu³
  - Yale: hūng tàuh jī piu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ tau⁴ dzi¹ piu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ teo⁴ ji¹ piu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu chi-phiò
  - Tâi-lô: khang-thâu tsi-phiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau ciphioix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu ki-phiò
  - Tâi-lô: khang-thâu ki-phiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau kiphioix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
  - Tâi-lô: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongtaau kiphiaux
  - IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ tʰau¹¹ ki³³⁴ pʰiau²¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong¹ tao⁵ zin¹ pio³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong thâu tsiⁿ phiò
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ³³⁻²³ pʰio²¹³/

Noun

空頭支票

(finance) bounced cheque (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
(figurative) promise that cannot be achieved
開空頭支票／开空头支票 ― kāi kōngtóu zhīpiào ― to make an empty promise

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 空頭支票 (“bounced cheque”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		空頭支票
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	空頭支票, 芭樂票
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白頭單
Cantonese	Hong Kong	空頭支票
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朳仔票
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	那朳仔票
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	空殻票
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	空頭支票
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	空殻支票
Southern Min	Xiamen	空頭支票
	Kaohsiung	空殼支票
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	菝仔票
	Changhua (Yongjing)	菝仔票
	Tainan (Anping)	菝仔票
Wu	Shanghai	空頭支票
	Suzhou	空頭支票
	Ningbo	空頭支票

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空头支票”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.