空談

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (空談)		空	談
simp. (空谈)		空	谈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngtán

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ taam⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khûng-thàm

(Hailu, HRS): kung^ˋ tam
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khong-tâm / khang-tâm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtán
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄊㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongtán
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-tʻan²
  - Yale: kūng-tán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtarn
  - Palladius: кунтань (kuntanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ taam⁴
  - Yale: hūng tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːm²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-thàm
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˊ tam^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ tam²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴ tʰam¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˋ tam
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ⁵³ tʰam⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: khong-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongdaam
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tam¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ tam²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-tâm
  - Tâi-lô: khang-tâm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qangdaam
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tam¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tam²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ tam²⁴/

Noun

空談

empty talk; idle talk; prattle

Synonyms

空話／空话 (kōnghuà)

Verb

空談

to indulge in empty talk

Synonyms

(literary) 懸論／悬论 (xuánlùn)