虧空

Chinese

		deficiency; deficit	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (虧空)		虧	空
simp. (亏空)		亏	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuīkong, kuīkòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄎㄨㄟ ㄎㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuīkong
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kueiko̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹-kʻung⁵
    • Yale: kwēi-kung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei.kong
    • Palladius: куйкун (kujkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuīkòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ㄎㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kueikòng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹-kʻung⁴
    • Yale: kwēi-kùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kueikonq
    • Palladius: куйкун (kujkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ hung¹
    • Yale: kwāi hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kong
    • Tâi-lô: khui-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

虧空

1. debt; deficit

   • 回家變賣典質，父親還了虧空；又借錢辦了喪事。 [MSC, trad.]
     回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 背影 (Retreating Figure)

     Huíjiā biànmài diǎnzhì, fùqīn huán le kuīkong; yòu jièqián bàn le sāngshì. [Pinyin]

     Father went home, pawned the valuables, liquidated all our debts, and borrowed some money for the funeral.

Synonyms

• (colloquial, figuratively) 窟窿 (kūlong)

Verb

虧空

1. to lose money in business; to be in debt
2. to misappropriate (funds)

   虧空公款／亏空公款  ―  kuīkòng gōngkuǎn  ―  to misappropriate funds