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kōng

HSK 3 · word 1654 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

这是空的。

zhè shì kōng de

This is empty.

The character 空

is kōng for empty — 空气 air, 天空 the sky, 空调 the machine that treats the air — and kòng for the gap emptiness leaves: 有空 to be free, 空儿 a spare moment, 填空 to fill a blank.

Words containing 空

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