空
kòng
Pinyin

Definition

空
 - 
kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
空
 - 
kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

控
kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to accuse
  3. 3 to charge
  4. 4 to sue
  5. 5 to invert a container to empty it
  6. 6 (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. 7 enthusiast
  8. 8 devotee
  9. 9 -phile or -philia
腔
qiāng
  1. 1 cavity of body
  2. 2 barrel (e.g. engine cylinder)
  3. 3 compartment
  4. 4 tune
  5. 5 accent of speech
崆
kōng
  1. 1 name of a mountain
倥
kōng
  1. 1 ignorant
  2. 2 blank-minded
倥
kǒng
  1. 1 urgent
  2. 2 pressed

Related Words (20)

天空
tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
星空
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
时空
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
有空
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)
空
kōng
  1. 1 empty
  2. 2 air
  3. 3 sky
  4. 4 in vain

Idioms (20)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这部电影天马行空，很有想法。
zhè bù diànyǐng tiānmǎxíngkōng ，hěn yǒu xiǎngfǎ 。
This movie is bizarre. There are a lot of ideas in this movie.
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天马行空
tiānmǎxíngkōng
Lit:A legendary horse flies in the air. Fig: Surreal.
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达利的画天马行空，大家都看不懂。
dálì de huà tiānmǎxíngkōng ，dàjiā dōu kànbudǒng 。
Dali’s paintings are bizarre. Nobody understands them.
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他的字天马行空，非常好看。
tā de zì tiānmǎxíngkōng ，fēicháng hǎokàn 。
His handwriting is artistic. It’s beautiful.
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这个时间可能没有空的会议室。
zhège shíjiān kěnéng méiyǒu kōng de huìyìshì 。
The meeting room is probably not available at this time.
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欢迎您抽空来我们公司参观，我可以为您介绍。
huānyíng nín chōukòng lái wǒmen gōngsī cānguān ，wǒ kěyǐ wèi nín jièshào 。
You are more than welcome to visit our office when you are available. I can show you more.
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那王总，您现在有空吗？
nà Wáng zǒng ，nín xiànzài yǒukòng ma ？
Then Mr. Wang, do you have time right now?
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有空吃个饭吧。
yǒukòng chī ge fàn ba 。
If you are free, let's have a meal.
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那里有个空位，去坐吧。
nàli yǒu ge kōngwèi ，qù zuò ba 。
There is an empty seat, go take it.
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晴空一鹤排云上，
qíngkōng yī hè pái yún shàng ，
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