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空口

Mandarin · pinyin kōng kǒu

incomplete meal of a single dish
meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine
rice without meat or vegetables

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate

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1–3 · kong1 kou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hung1 hau2

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noun

empty talk; lip service; mere verbal statement
(telecommunications) short for 空中接口 (“air interface”)

adv

without rice or wine (while eating dishes); with nothing to go with rice or wine

noun

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) entrance to a cave
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) hole; cavity
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wound; cut

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