兩手空空

See also: 两手空空

Chinese

		both hands; dual tactics; both aspects	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (兩手空空)		兩手	空	空
simp. (两手空空)		两手	空	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngshǒukōngkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic: liángshǒukōngkōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngshǒukongkong
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-shou³-kʻung¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: lyǎng-shǒu-kūng-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangshooukongkong
    • Palladius: ляншоукункун (ljanšoukunkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹
    • Yale: léuhng sáu hūng hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ seo² hung¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

兩手空空

1. to be emptyhanded; to be left with nothing; not receiving anything