挖空心思

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	thoughts; ideas; thinking
trad. (挖空心思)		挖	空	心思
simp. #(挖空心思)		挖	空	心思

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wākōngxīnsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wākōngxīnsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wakongsinsih
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻung¹-hsin¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: wā-kūng-syīn-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakongshinsy
    • Palladius: вакунсиньсы (vakunsinʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
    • Yale: waat hūng sām sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ hung¹ sam¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³ hung¹ sem¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Verb

挖空心思

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

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 想心想肝