一場空

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (一場空)		一	場	空
simp. (一场空)		一	场	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīchángkōng, yīchǎngkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄧㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ coeng⁴ hung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-tiûⁿ-khang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīchángkōng [Phonetic: yìchángkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄔㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yichángkong
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻang²-kʻung¹
  - Yale: yī-cháng-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: icharngkong
  - Palladius: ичанкун (ičankun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīchǎngkōng [Phonetic: yìchǎngkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄔㄤˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yichǎngkong
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻang³-kʻung¹
  - Yale: yī-chǎng-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichaangkong
  - Palladius: ичанкун (ičankun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ coeng⁴ hung¹
  - Yale: yāt chèuhng hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsoeng⁴ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ cêng⁴ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-tiûⁿ-khang
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tiûnn-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciddviu'qafng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²³⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² tiũ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

一場空

(idiomatic) all of one's hopes and efforts coming to nothing

Derived terms

竹籃打水一場空／竹篮打水一场空

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