kōng

empty, hollow, bare, deserted

HSK 3 #272

DEFINITIONS

空 kōng
  • empty
  • air
  • sky
  • in vain
空 kòng
  • to empty
  • vacant
  • unoccupied
  • space
  • leisure
  • free time

STROKES

WORDS

城計 kōng chéng jì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff
嫂 kōng sǎo married stewardess of mature age
室清野 kōng shì qīng yě empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy; scorched earth policy
对地 kōng duì dì air-to-surface (missile)
對地 kōng duì dì air-to-surface (missile)
导弹 kōng duì kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile
導彈 kōng duì kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile
少 kōng shào airline steward (abbr. for 空中少爺|空中少爷[kong1 zhong1 shao4 ye5])
巢 kōng cháo empty nest; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
幻 kōng huàn vanity; empty fantasy; illusion
心儿 kòng xīn r erhua variant of 空心[kong4 xin1]
心兒 kòng xīn r erhua variant of 空心[kong4 xin1]
心大老官 kōng xīn dà lǎo guān fake important personage; sham
心墙 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall; hollow wall
心牆 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall; hollow wall
心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball; (basketball) swish shot
心老大 kōng xīn lǎo dà pretentious and vacuous person
心菜 kōng xīn cài see 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
心萝卜 kōng xīn luó bo useless person
心蘿蔔 kōng xīn luó bo useless person
心面 kōng xīn miàn macaroni
心麵 kōng xīn miàn macaroni
怒 kōng nù air rage
性 kōng xìng emptiness
想社会主义 kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì utopian socialism