礨空

Chinese

			emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (礨空)		礨	空
simp. #(礨空)		礨	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěikǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěikǒng [Phonetic: léikǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěikǒng
    • Wade–Giles: lei³-kʻung³
    • Yale: lěi-kǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leeikoong
    • Palladius: лэйкун (lɛjkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

礨空

1. (literary) ant nest; small cave

   • 計四海之在天地之間也，不似礨空之在大澤乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     计四海之在天地之间也，不似礨空之在大泽乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jì sìhǎi zhī zài tiāndì zhī jiān yě, bù sì lěikǒng zhī zài dàzé hū? [Pinyin]

     I estimate all within the four seas, compared with the space between heaven and earth, to be not so large as that occupied by an ant nest / small cave in a large marsh!

   • 空音孔。礨孔，小穴也……一云蟻冢也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     空音孔。礨孔，小穴也……一云蚁冢也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lu Deming's annotation

     Kǒng yīn kǒng. Lěikǒng, xiǎo xué yě...... Yī yún yǐzhǒng yě. [Pinyin]

     空 is pronounced kǒng. Lěikǒng means small caves. Also said to mean ant nests.