# 空頭支票
## Chinese

| | | nominal; phony; bear, shorts | cheque; check |
| trad. (空頭支票) | trad. (空頭支票) | 空頭 | 支票 |
| simp. (空头支票) | simp. (空头支票) | 空头 | 支票 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kōngtóu zhīpiào, kòngtóu zhīpiào
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ, ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hung$^1$ tau$^4$ zi$^1$ piu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khang-thâu chi-phiò / khang-thâu ki-phiò / khong-thâu ki-phiàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kong$^1$ tao$^5$ zin$^1$ pio$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kōngtóu zhīpiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kongtóu jhihpiào
*** Wade–Giles: kʻung$^1$-tʻou$^2$ chih$^1$-pʻiao$^4$
*** Yale: kūng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongtour jypiaw
*** Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kòngtóu zhīpiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kòngtóu jhihpiào
*** Wade–Giles: kʻung$^4$-tʻou$^2$ chih$^1$-pʻiao$^4$
*** Yale: kùng-tóu jr̄-pyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: konqtour jypiaw
*** Palladius: кунтоу чжипяо (kuntou čžipjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰʊŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hung$^1$ tau$^4$ zi$^1$ piu$^3$
*** Yale: hūng tàuh jī piu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hung$^1$ tau$^4$ dzi$^1$ piu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hung$^1$ teo$^4$ ji$^1$ piu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu chi-phiò
*** Tâi-lô: khang-thâu tsi-phiò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau ciphioix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-thâu ki-phiò
*** Tâi-lô: khang-thâu ki-phiò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qangtaau kiphioix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
*** Tâi-lô: khong-thâu ki-phiàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qongtaau kiphiaux
*** IPA (Longyan): /kʰoŋ³³⁴ tʰau¹¹ ki³³⁴ pʰiau²¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kong$^1$ tao$^5$ zin$^1$ pio$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong thâu tsiⁿ phiò
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ³³⁻²³ pʰio²¹³/

### Noun

空頭支票
* (finance) bounced cheque (Classifier: 張／张 m c)
* (figurative) promise that cannot be achieved
    開空頭支票／开空头支票 ― kāi kōngtóu zhīpiào ― to make an empty promise

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 空頭支票 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 空頭支票, 芭樂票 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 白頭單 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 空頭支票 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 朳仔票 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 那朳仔票 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 空殻票 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 空頭支票 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 空殻支票 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 空頭支票 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 空殼支票 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 菝仔票 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 菝仔票 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 菝仔票 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 空頭支票 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 空頭支票 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 空頭支票 |

### References

* 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “空头支票”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 487.