十室九空 [－－－－]

Jyutping sap6 sat1 gau2 hung1
Pinyin shí shǐ jiǔ kōng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic, of a space
    desolate after a war or disaster; deserted as people have died or fled

十室九空 [－－－－]

Jyutping sap6 sat1 gau2 hung1
Pinyin shí shì jiǔ kōng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to describe a place where mass of people have either died or fled
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    十間​房有​九間​都​俾​人​丟空​咗​；​本身​形容​一個​地方​係​打仗​之後荒​廢​咗​；​宜家​多數​形容​一個​地方​唔​旺​、​冇​人氣​，​所以​幾乎​冇​人​肯​喺​度​住​或者​做生意
    used to describe that a place is so unpopular that almost no one is willing to live or do business there; literally: nine out of ten rooms are left vacant
    • 個商場好唔就腳；十室九空，幾乎冇人肯喺度開鋪。
      个商场好唔就脚；十室九空，几乎冇人肯喺度开铺。
      This shopping mall is hardly accessible, so almost no one wants to do business there; nine out of ten of the shops are left vacant.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个商场好唔就脚；十室九空，几乎冇人肯喺度开铺。
    個商場好唔就腳；十室九空，幾乎冇人肯喺度開鋪。
    • This shopping mall is hardly accessible, so almost no one wants to do business there; nine out of ten of the shops are left vacant.