挖空心思

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	heart; mind	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (挖空心思)		挖	空	心	思

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wākōngxīnsī

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wākōngxīnsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄎㄨㄥㄒㄧㄣㄙ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakongshinsy
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
  - Yale: waat hūng sām sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad³ hung¹ sem¹ xi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

挖空心思

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

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 想心想肝

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