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): ㄎㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ man⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄨㄣˊ
  - 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

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

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