粵

空hung1洞dung6

hung1 dung6kong1dong4kōng dòng

English

  1. cavity
  2. (adjective) Hollow
  3. empty
  4. vacuous
  5. (of words or expressions) empty; devoid of content
  6. (of a sound) hollow

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容文章冇乜內容
  2. 形容聲音好似喺個好空曠嘅環境入面,有好多迴音

Examples

  • 中國的當代青年文化很空洞。

    Contemporary Chinese youth culture is very shallow.

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  • 形容眼神冇精神、冇焦點

    empty (eyes); expressionless

  • 呢篇文章內容空洞,言之無物。

    This passage is hollow. It's just empty verbiage. ----

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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