空手 [－－]

Jyutping hung1 sau2
Pinyin kōng shǒu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. empty-handed
  2. unarmed
  3. (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model
  4. (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    冇​攜帶​任何​野
    bare hand
    • 你點可以空手去人地屋企？
      你点可以空手去人地屋企？
      nei5 dim2 ho2 ji5 hung1 sau2 heoi3 jan4 dei6 uk1 kei2?
      How can you go to others' house bare hand?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be without a copy, model, diagram, blueprint, etc.
  2. verb
    to be empty-handed
  3. verb
    to be unarmed
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    空手赤拳抓野兔并不容易。
    空手赤拳抓野兔並不容易。
    kōng shǒu chì quán zhuā yě tù bìng bù róng yì 。
    • It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆已经开始学习空手道了。
    湯姆已經開始學習空手道了。
    tāng mǔ yǐ jīng kāi shǐ xué xí kōng shǒu dào le 。
    • Tom has started studying karate.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你点可以空手去人地屋企？
    你點可以空手去人地屋企？
    nei5 dim2 ho2 ji5 hung1 sau2 heoi3 jan4 dei6 uk1 kei2?
    • How can you go to others' house bare hand?
  2. Cantonese
    去日本点可以空手而回㗎？
    去日本點可以空手而回㗎？
    heoi3 jat6 bun2 dim2 ho2 ji5 hung1 sau2 ji4 wui4 gaa3?
    • How can we come back from Japan empty-handed?
  3. Cantonese
    呢个电视游戏节目大派奖品，你一定唔会空手而回嘅。
    呢個電視遊戲節目大派獎品，你一定唔會空手而回嘅。
    ni1 go3 din6 si6 jau4 hei3 zit3 muk6 daai6 paai4 zoeng2 ban2, nei5 jat1 ding6 m4 wui5 hung1 sau2 ji4 wui4 ge3.
    • This game show gives out a lot of prizes. You surely won't come back empty-handed.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    农夫执住佢来打、令佢空手去哓。
    农夫执住佢来打、令佢空手去哓。
    nung4 fu1 zap1 zyu6 keoi5 loi4 daa2, ling6 keoi5 hung1 sau2 heoi3 hiu1.
    • And they [the husbandmen] took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.