空穴來風

Chinese

	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	hole; cave	to come	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (空穴來風)	空	穴	來	風
simp. (空穴来风)	空	穴	来	风
Literally: “Empty holes attract the wind”.

Etymology

From 《風賦》 by Song Yu:

枳句來巢，空穴來風。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

枳句来巢，空穴来风。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Song Yu, 《風賦》

Zhǐ gōu lái cháo, kōng xué lái fēng. [Pinyin]

A bent trifoliate orange tree will attract birds to nest; an empty hole will attract the wind.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngxuéláifēng, kōngxuèláifēng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ, ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ jyut⁶ loi⁴ fung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxuéláifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongsyuéláifong
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsüeh²-lai²-fêng¹
  - Yale: kūng-sywé-lái-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshyuelaifeng
  - Palladius: кунсюэлайфэн (kunsjuelajfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngxuèláifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongsyuèláifong
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hsüeh⁴-lai²-fêng¹
  - Yale: kūng-sywè-lái-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshiuehlaifeng
  - Palladius: кунсюэлайфэн (kunsjuelajfɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ jyut⁶ loi⁴ fung¹
  - Yale: hūng yuht lòih fūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ jyt⁹ loi⁴ fung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ yud⁶ loi⁴ fung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ jyːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong
  - Tâi-lô: khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanghiadlai'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² lai²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ hiɛt̚²⁴⁻² lai²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² lai²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² lai²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

空穴來風

(of a rumour, literary, dated) to be not completely unsound; to have a basis for its existence
(of a rumour, in modern uses) to be completely unsound; to be utterly baseless

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