空文

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongwún
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-wên²
    • Yale: kūng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongwen
    • Palladius: кунвэнь (kunvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ man⁴
    • Yale: hūng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

空文

1. dead letter; mere scrap of paper; ineffective law or regulation
2. 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (空文):

• → Japanese: 空文(くうぶん) (kūbun)
• → Korean: 공문(空文) (gongmun)