挖空心思

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	thoughts; ideas; thinking
trad. (挖空心思)		挖	空	心思
simp. ^#(挖空心思)		挖	空	心思

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wākōngxīnsī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wākōngxīnsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wakongsinsih
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻung¹-hsin¹-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: wā-kūng-syīn-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakongshinsy
  - Palladius: вакунсиньсы (vakunsinʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
  - Yale: waat hūng sām sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad³ hung¹ sem¹ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

挖空心思

(usually derogatory) to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 想心想肝

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