一場空

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (一場空)		一	場	空
simp. (一场空)		一	场	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīchángkōng, yīchǎngkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ coeng⁴ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-tiûⁿ-khang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīchángkōng [Phonetic: yìchángkōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yichángkong
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻang²-kʻung¹
    • Yale: yī-cháng-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: icharngkong
    • Palladius: ичанкун (ičankun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīchǎngkōng [Phonetic: yìchǎngkōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yichǎngkong
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻang³-kʻung¹
    • Yale: yī-chǎng-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichaangkong
    • Palladius: ичанкун (ičankun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ coeng⁴ hung¹
    • Yale: yāt chèuhng hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsoeng⁴ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ cêng⁴ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-tiûⁿ-khang
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tiûnn-khang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciddviu'qafng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

一場空

1. (idiomatic) all of one's hopes and efforts coming to nothing

Derived terms

• 竹籃打水一場空 / 竹篮打水一场空