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Pinyin kōng、 kòng、 kǒng

Radical

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Definition

air / sky / empty / in vain, emptied / leisure

Usage

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空 [kōng] 形 (adjective) 1. 空虚;内无所有。引申为空虚处，空档 (empty; hollow) 2. 罄尽;空其所有。引申为没有 (exhausted) 3. 广阔;空旷 (open; spacious) 4. 岑寂;幽静 (quiet; still) 5. 明净无挂碍 (clear; hollow; void) 6. 空洞而不实际;空泛;虚构 (fictitious; fabricated) 空 [kōng] 名 (noun) 1. 空间;天空 (air; sky) 2. 佛教语 (Emptiness; Void of the world of senses) 3. 万物从因缘生，没有固定，虚幻不实。亦特指天台宗所立“空、假、中”三谛中的真谛。 4. 又指佛门。 5. 道家谓虚静之性 (emptiness and quiet) 空 [kōng] 副 (adverb) 1. 徒然;白白地 (for nothing; in vain) 2. 只;仅 (only) 空 [kōng] 动 (verb) 1. 使空虚;使罄尽 (exhaust) 2. 另见 kòng; kǒng 空 [kòng] 动 (verb) 1. 使之困穷 (impoverish) 2. 缺少;亏欠 (blank) 3. 腾让出来 (leave empty; leave blank) 空 [kòng] 名 (noun) 1. 闲暇，闲功夫，没被占用的时间 (free time; spare time) 2. 空子，可乘之机 (chance) 3. 空地，可占用的空处 (empty space; room) 4. 另见 kōng; kòng 空 [kǒng] 名 (noun) 本义:孔，窟窿 (original meaning: hole, cave) 1. 同本义。通“孔” (hole; cave) 2. 口，嘴巴 (mouth) 3. 另见 kōng; kòng

空喊 kōng hǎn

idle clamor / to prattle

空域 kōng yù

airspace

填空 tián kòng

to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)

防空壕 fáng kōng háo

air-raid shelter / antiaircraft dugout

空壳 kōng ké

ghost

夜空 yè kōng

night sky

太空 tài kōng

outer space

空姐 kōng jiě

abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant

升空 shēng kōng

to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff

半空 bàn kōng

midair

宇宙空间 yǔ zhòu kōng jiān

astrospace / cosmic space

空寂 kōng jì

quiet and deserted

悬空寺 Xuán kōng Sì

Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi

空巢 kōng cháo

empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out

空廓 kōng kuò

open / spacious

地空导弹 dì kōng dǎo dàn

surface-to-air missile

凿空 záo kōng

to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road

悬空 xuán kōng

to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain

司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn

a common occurrence (idiom)

扑空 pū kōng

lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles

空投 kōng tóu

air drop / to drop supplies by air

抛空 pāo kōng

to short-sell (finance)

抽空 chōu kòng

to find the time to do sth

赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán

empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless

挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si

to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains

空挡 kōng dǎng

neutral gear

掏空 tāo kōng

to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling

劫掠一空 jié lüè yī kōng

make a clean sweep / carry off everything / put to sack (and pillage)

空军 kōng jūn

air force

盛况空前 shèng kuàng kōng qián

a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)

冷空气 lěng kōng qì

cold air

净空 jìng kōng

clearance / headroom / freeboard

凭空 píng kōng

baseless (lie) / without foundation

凭空捏造 píng kōng niē zào

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

空口无凭 kōng kǒu wú píng

mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)

晴空万里 qíng kōng wàn lǐ

a clear and boundless sky

空智 kōng zhì

Emptiness

空暇 kòng xiá

idle / free time / leisure

空档 kòng dàng

gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)

高空槽 gāo kōng cáo

upper trough

航空母舰 háng kōng mǔ jiàn

aircraft carrier / CL:艘[sou1] / (coll.) (fig.) sth huge / (like) a whale

空气 kōng qì

air / atmosphere

空泛 kōng fàn

vague and general / not specific / shallow / empty

真空泵 zhēn kōng bèng

vacuum pump

空洞 kōng dòng

cavity / empty / vacuous

航空港 háng kōng gǎng

airfield / aerodrome

低空 dī kōng

low altitude

空白 kòng bái

blank space

四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng

lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion

真空 zhēn kōng

vacuum

航空 háng kōng

aviation

碧空 bì kōng

the blue sky

空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě

as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc)

亏空 kuī kōng

in debt / in the red / in deficit

空穴 kòng xué

electron hole (physics)

空穴来风 kōng xué lái fēng

lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)

空间 kōng jiān

space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space

防空 fáng kōng

anti-aircraft defense

天空 tiān kōng

sky

上空 shàng kōng

overhead / in the sky

空前 kōng qián

unprecedented

高空 gāo kōng

high altitude

空运 kōng yùn

air transport

空虚 kōng xū

hollow / emptiness / meaningless

空降 kōng jiàng

to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne

空调 kōng tiáo

air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2]

航空兵 háng kōng bīng

airman / air arm

空缺 kòng quē

vacancy

空腔 kōng qiāng

cavity

空腹 kōng fù

an empty stomach

腾空 téng kōng

to soar / to rise high into the air

腾空而起 téng kōng ér qǐ

commence business / rise in the world by sheer effort and persistence

空中 kōng zhōng

in the sky / in the air

空荡荡 kōng dàng dàng

absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum

空空荡荡 kōng kōng dàng dàng

absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum

虚空 xū kōng

void / hollow / empty

空袭 kōng xí

air raid / attack from the air

遁入空门 dùn rù kōng mén

to take refuge in religious life

镂空 lòu kōng

openwork / fretwork

钻空子 zuān kòng zi

lit. to drill a hole / to take advantage of a loophole / to exploit an advantage / to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

空闲 kòng xián

idle / free time / leisure / unused (place)

空阔 kōng kuò

open / spacious

海阔天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng

wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun

空降兵 kōng jiàng bīng

paratroopers

空隙 kòng xì

crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events

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