"空文" meaning in Chinese

See 空文 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/, /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kōngwén [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hung¹ man⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kōngwén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kongwún [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻung¹-wên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kūng-wén [Mandarin, Yale], kongwen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], кунвэнь [Mandarin, Palladius], kunvɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], hūng màhn [Cantonese, Yale], hung¹ man⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hung¹ men⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 空文
  1. dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation
    Sense id: en-空文-zh-noun-x-zaIQpq
  2. article devoid of substance or practicality Synonyms (article devoid of substance or practicality): 文具 (wénjù) [archaic]
    Sense id: en-空文-zh-noun-pplvqMMd Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'article devoid of substance or practicality': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 一紙空文 (yīzhǐkōngwén), 一纸空文 (yīzhǐkōngwén)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīzhǐkōngwén",
      "word": "一紙空文"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīzhǐkōngwén",
      "word": "一纸空文"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "空文"
          },
          "expansion": "空文",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "空文",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "공문(空文)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "空文",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "空文",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "3": "공문",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "空文",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "空文",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "空文",
            "v": "空文",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "3": "공문"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "空文",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation"
      ],
      "id": "en-空文-zh-noun-x-zaIQpq",
      "links": [
        [
          "dead letter",
          "dead letter"
        ],
        [
          "mere",
          "mere"
        ],
        [
          "scrap",
          "scrap"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "ineffective",
          "ineffective"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "article devoid of substance or practicality"
      ],
      "id": "en-空文-zh-noun-pplvqMMd",
      "links": [
        [
          "article",
          "article"
        ],
        [
          "devoid",
          "devoid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "practicality",
          "practicality"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "roman": "wénjù",
          "sense": "article devoid of substance or practicality",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "文具"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kōngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kōngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kongwún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻung¹-wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kūng-wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kongwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кунвэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kunvɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūng màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ men⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "空文"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 空",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yīzhǐkōngwén",
      "word": "一紙空文"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīzhǐkōngwén",
      "word": "一纸空文"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "空文"
          },
          "expansion": "空文",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "空文",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "공문(空文)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "空文",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "空文",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "3": "공문",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "空文",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "空文",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "空文",
            "v": "空文",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "くうぶん",
            "3": "공문"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (空文):\n* → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)\n* → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "空文",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dead letter",
          "dead letter"
        ],
        [
          "mere",
          "mere"
        ],
        [
          "scrap",
          "scrap"
        ],
        [
          "paper",
          "paper"
        ],
        [
          "ineffective",
          "ineffective"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "article devoid of substance or practicality"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "article",
          "article"
        ],
        [
          "devoid",
          "devoid"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ],
        [
          "practicality",
          "practicality"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kōngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kōngwén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kongwún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻung¹-wên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kūng-wén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kongwen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кунвэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kunvɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hūng màhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ man⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hung¹ men⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "wénjù",
      "sense": "article devoid of substance or practicality",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "文具"
    }
  ],
  "word": "空文"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 空文 meaning in Chinese (3.8kB)

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "空文"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "空文",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "空文"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "空文",
  "trace": ""
}

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