空文

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (空文)		空	文

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngwén

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongwen
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ man⁴
  - Yale: hūng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ men⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

空文

dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation
article devoid of substance or practicality

Synonyms

(article devoid of substance or practicality): (archaic) 文具 (wénjù)

Derived terms

一紙空文／一纸空文 (yīzhǐkōngwén)

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