十室九空

Chinese

		ten	room	nine	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (十室九空)		十	室	九	空
Literally: “nine out of ten houses are empty”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíshìjiǔkōng, shíshǐjiǔkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ, ㄕˊ ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶ sat¹ gau² hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíshìjiǔkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshyhjeoukong
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshìhjiǒukong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shíshǐjiǔkōng [Phonetic: shíshíjiǔkōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshyyjeoukong
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshǐhjiǒukong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶ sat¹ gau² hung¹
  - Yale: sahp sāt gáu hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹ sat⁷ gau² hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶ sed¹ geo² hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

十室九空

(of a space) desolate after a war or disaster; deserted as people have died or fled

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