空嫂

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	older brother's wife; sister-in-law
trad. (空嫂)		空	嫂
simp. #(空嫂)		空	嫂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngsǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-sao³
    • Yale: kūng-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongsao
    • Palladius: кунсао (kunsao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ sou²
    • Yale: hūng sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³⁵/

Noun

空嫂

1. married female flight attendant; married air hostess (Classifier: 個／个; 位)

Synonyms

• 空中乘務員／空中乘务员 (kōngzhōng chéngwùyuán)
• 空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě) (female)
• 空中少爺／空中少爷 (kōngzhōng shàoyé) (male)
• 空中服務員／空中服务员 (kōngzhōng fúwùyuán)
• 空乘
• 空佬 (hung¹ lou²) (Cantonese, male)
• 空姐 (kōngjiě) (female)
• 空少 (kōngshào) (male)
• 空服員／空服员 (kōngfúyuán)