破空

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (破空)		破	空
simp. ^#(破空)		破	空

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòkong
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-kʻung¹
  - Yale: pwò-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohkong
  - Palladius: покун (pokun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

破空

(literary) to fall from the sky

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-khang

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-khang
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarqafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

破空

(Hokkien) hole; cavity (of a shirt, etc.)
(Hokkien, figurative) mistake or gap in a speech or theory; flaw; weak point; loophole

Synonyms

(hole): 破洞 (pòdòng)
(flaw): 漏子 (lòuzi), 漏洞 (lòudòng), 馬腳／马脚 (mǎjiǎo), 破綻／破绽 (pòzhàn); (Hokkien) 破隙

Verb

破⫽空 (verb-object)

(Hokkien) to fall through and be exposed; to be uncovered

Synonyms

敗露／败露 (bàilù)
(Hokkien) 煏空

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