掏空

Chinese

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Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāokōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāokōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: taokong
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-kʻung¹
  - Yale: tāu-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taukong
  - Palladius: таокун (taokun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - Yale: tòuh hūng, tōu hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

掏空

(literally) to hollow out; to empty out
(figuratively) to use up; to exhaust (one's energy); to rack one's brain
他掏空家底給兒子治病。 [MSC, trad.]
他掏空家底给儿子治病。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā tāokōng jiādǐ gěi érzi zhìbìng. [Pinyin]
He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.

我感覺身體被掏空。 [MSC, trad.]
我感觉身体被掏空。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ gǎnjué shēntǐ bèi tāokōng. [Pinyin]
I feel wiped out.
(figurative, finance) to engage in tunneling

Pronunciation 2

Jin (Wiktionary): tau¹ kung³

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tau¹ kung³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxau¹¹ kʰxũŋ⁴⁵/

Verb

掏空

(Jin) to find time (to do something); to take time

Synonyms

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