踏空

Chinese

		step on	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (踏空)		踏	空
simp. ^#(踏空)		踏	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tàkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tàkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tàkong
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-kʻung¹
  - Yale: tà-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahkong
  - Palladius: такун (takun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daap⁶ hung¹
  - Yale: daahp hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

踏空

to miss one's step; to make a misstep
(Mainland China, finance) to fail to buy in stock when the price of a financial instrument rises (after selling off due to misjudging the market trend)

Synonyms

踩空 (cǎikōng)

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