空侯

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	marquis
trad. (空侯)		空	侯
simp. ^#(空侯)		空	侯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōnghóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄏㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōnghóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄏㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: konghóu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-hou²
  - Yale: kūng-hóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konghour
  - Palladius: кунхоу (kunxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khuwng huw

Rime
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦紅切	戸鉤切
Baxter	khuwng	huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuŋ/	/ɦəu/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəwŋ/	/ɦəw/
Li Rong	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣu/
Wang Li	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuŋ/	/ɣə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kōng	hóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hung¹	hau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤoŋ [ɡ]ˤ(r)o/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰoːŋ ɡoː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kōng	hóu
Middle Chinese	‹ khuwng ›	‹ huw ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁoŋ/	/*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/
English	hollow, empty; hole	feudal lord
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	空	侯
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	4034	5139
Phonetic component	工	侯
Rime group	東	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	空
Old Chinese	/*kʰoːŋ/	/*ɡoː/
Notes		矦隸變

Noun

空侯

(probably) alternative form of 箜篌 (kōnghóu)