# 落空
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luòkōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lok$^6$ hung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-khûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-khong / lo̍h-khang
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$loq-khon; $^8$loq $^1$khon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luòkōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luòkong
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^4$-kʻung$^1$
*** Yale: lwò-kūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohkong
*** Palladius: локун (lokun)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lok$^6$ hung$^1$
*** Yale: lohk hūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lok$^9$ hung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: log$^6$ hung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːk̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-khûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: log kung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: log$^6$ kung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-khong
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍k-khong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: logqofng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² kʰɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-khang
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h-khang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loiqqafng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$loq-khon; $^8$loq $^1$khon
*** MiniDict: loh$^入$ khon; loh$^入$ khon$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$loq-khon; $^5$loq $^1$khon
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ kʰoŋ²³/, /loʔ²² kʰoŋ⁵³/

#### Verb

落⫽空 (verb-object)
* to fail to achieve something; to come to nothing; to fall through
* (Wu) to find time (to do something); to take time

##### Synonyms

* (to find time):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 抽空, 抽暇, 抽閒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 抽空兒, 抓空兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 抽空 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 抽時間 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 抽空 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 抽空 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 抽間 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 抽間 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 抽間 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 抽間 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 抽間 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 掏空 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 撥工, 閬工 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 撥工, 閬工 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 撥工 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 撥工, 閬工 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 落空 |
| Wu | Danyang | 抽空, 候空 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 抽空子, 抽空 |

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-khang
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-khang
*** Tâi-lô: làu-khang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lao'qafng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰaŋ³³/

#### Verb

落⫽空 (verb-object)
* (Hokkien) to not have passengers nor cargo on the return trip (of a car, ship, etc.)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have nobody to look after (a place)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be the bye (the position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table)