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 ㄎㄨㄥㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ sau² hung¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngshǒukōngkōng [Phonetic: liángshǒukōngkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥㄎㄨㄥ
  - 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

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

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