空子

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (空子)		空	子
simp. ^#(空子)		空	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kòngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kòngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kòngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung⁴-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: kùng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konq.tzy
  - Palladius: кунцзы (kunczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

Noun

空子

gap; opening
unoccupied place
free time
opportunity (to take advantage of); loophole; chance

Synonyms

(opportunity):

商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
契機／契机 (qìjī)
戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
時機／时机 (shíjī)
機會／机会 (jīhuì)
機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
空隙 (kòngxì)
節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

Derived terms

抽空子
鑽空子／钻空子 (zuān kòngzi)

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