虧空

Chinese

		deficiency; deficit	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (虧空)		虧	空
simp. (亏空)		亏	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuīkong

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ hung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuīkong
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ ˙ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kueiko̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹-kʻung⁵
  - Yale: kwēi-kung
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei.kong
  - Palladius: куйкун (kujkun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai¹ hung¹
  - Yale: kwāi hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kong
  - Tâi-lô: khui-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

虧空

debt; deficit
- 回家變賣典質，父親還了虧空；又借錢辦了喪事。 [MSC, trad.]
  回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1925, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 背影 (Retreating Figure)
  Huíjiā biànmài diǎnzhì, fùqīn huán le kuīkong; yòu jièqián bàn le sāngshì. [Pinyin]
  Father went home, pawned the valuables, liquidated all our debts, and borrowed some money for the funeral.

Synonyms

(colloquial, figuratively) 窟窿 (kūlong)

Verb

虧空

to lose money in business; to be in debt

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