踩空

Chinese

		step upon; tread on; stamp	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (踩空)		踩	空
simp. #(踩空)		踩	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎikōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caai² hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎikōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎikong
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-kʻung¹
    • Yale: tsǎi-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaekong
    • Palladius: цайкун (cajkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caai² hung¹
    • Yale: cháai hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai² hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cai² hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

踩空

1. to miss one's step; to make a misstep

Synonyms

• 踏空 (tàkōng)
• 失足 (shīzú)
• (Hokkien) 脫跤／脱跤, 著脫／着脱, 踏差
• (Wu) 脫腳／脱脚