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: “wind from an empty cave”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngxuéláifēng, kōngxuèláifēng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ, ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
Min Nan (POJ): khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngxuéláifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshyuelaifeng
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngxuèláifēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongshiuehlaifeng
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong
  - Tâi-lô: khang-hia̍t-lâi-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qanghiadlai'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² laɪ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ hiɛt̚²⁴⁻²² laɪ²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ laɪ¹³⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² laɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛt̚⁴⁻³² laɪ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

空穴來風

(of a rumour, literary) 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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