赤手空拳

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	hand; convenient; ‑er	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	fist
trad. (赤手空拳)		赤	手	空	拳
simp. #(赤手空拳)		赤	手	空	拳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìshǒukōngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ sau² hung¹ kyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-siú-khong-koân / chhiah-chhiú-khang-kûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìshǒukōngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhshǒukongcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-shou³-kʻung¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: chr̀-shǒu-kūng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhshooukongchyuan
    • Palladius: чишоукунцюань (čišoukuncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ sau² hung¹ kyun⁴
    • Yale: chek sáu hūng kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ sau² hung¹ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ seo² hung¹ kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-siú-khong-koân
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-siú-khong-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheksiw'qongkoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-chhiú-khang-kûn
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-tshiú-khang-kûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahchiw'qangkuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/

Idiom

赤手空拳

1. bare-handed and unarmed
2. (by extension) without any reliance; without anything to rely on