掏空

Chinese

		fish out (from pocket)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (掏空)		掏	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāokōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tāokōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taukong
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - Yale: tòuh hūng, tōu hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ hung¹, tou¹ hung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

掏空

(literally) to hollow out; to empty out
(figuratively) to use up; to exhaust (one's energy); to rack one's brain
他掏空家底給兒子治病。 [MSC, trad.]
他掏空家底给儿子治病。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā tāokōng jiādǐ gěi érzi zhìbìng. [Pinyin]
He used up all of family's savings to help treat his son's disease.

我感覺身體被掏空。 [MSC, trad.]
我感觉身体被掏空。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ gǎnjué shēntǐ bèi tāokōng. [Pinyin]
I feel wiped out.

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