粵

空hung1手sau2

hung1 sau2kōng shǒu

English

  1. empty-handed
  2. unarmed
  3. (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model
  4. (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate
  5. bare hand

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇攜帶任何野

Examples

  • 一件簡單機械要有人肯用,佢最起碼要能夠令個人做嘢嘅機械效益提升,用嗰件簡單機械做嘢機械效益要高過空手做嘢。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 空手赤拳抓野兔並不容易。

    It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 汤姆已经开始学习空手道了。

    Tom has started studying karate.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 你點可以空手去人地屋企?

    How can you go to someone's house empty-handed?

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

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