"憑空" meaning in Chinese

See 憑空 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/, /pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/, /pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/, /pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: píngkōng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pang⁴ hung¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pîn-khong, píngkōng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], píngkong [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pʻing²-kʻung¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], píng-kūng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], pyngkong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], пинкун [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], pinkun [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], pàhng hūng [Cantonese, Yale], pang⁴ hung¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], peng⁴ hung¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pîn-khong [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], pîn-khong [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], pinqofng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 凭空, 平空
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 憑空
  1. groundless; without foundation; out of thin air; out of the void Derived forms: 憑空捏造, 凭空捏造, 憑空杜撰
    Sense id: en-憑空-zh-adj-0hlkcO80 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    },
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        {
          "word": "憑空捏造"
        },
        {
          "word": "凭空捏造"
        },
        {
          "word": "憑空杜撰"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "groundless",
          "groundless"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "out of thin air",
          "out of thin air"
        ],
        [
          "void",
          "void"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻing²-kʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píng-kūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pyngkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пинкун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pinkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pàhng hūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peng⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pinqofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "憑空"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "憑空捏造"
    },
    {
      "word": "凭空捏造"
    },
    {
      "word": "憑空杜撰"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "凭空",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
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    },
    {
      "form": "平空"
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 空",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
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        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "glosses": [
        "groundless; without foundation; out of thin air; out of the void"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "groundless",
          "groundless"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "out of thin air",
          "out of thin air"
        ],
        [
          "void",
          "void"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píngkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pʻing²-kʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "píng-kūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pyngkong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "пинкун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pinkun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pàhng hūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pang⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "peng⁴ hung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pîn-khong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pinqofng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰiŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɐŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin¹³⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pin²⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "憑空"
}

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