空 (hung1 | kong1 kong4 kong3) : empty

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空

hung1

kong1 kong4 kong3

(1)
[1] empty; hollow; void
[2] [v] empty; exhaust; reduce to extremity
[3] fictitious; unreal; impractical
[4] vain and useless (efforts, etc.); ineffective; fruitless

(2)
[1] leisure; free time; spare time
[2] blank (space); vacant; vacancy; [v] leave blank or vacant
(3) air; sky

[粵] cf. 吉

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 穴 (#116)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

空

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Aug 2009 06:47

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天空中 tin1 hung1 zung1 tian1 kong1 zhong1 = in the sky

空手 hung1 sau2 kong1 shou3 = empty-handed

天空 tin1 hung1 tian1 kong1 = the sky

空手道 hung1 sau2 dou6 kong1 shou3 dao4 = karate

空氣 hung1 hei3 kong1 qi4 = air

太空 taai3 hung1 tai4 kong1 = space; universe

空軍 hung1 gwan1 kong1 jun1 = the airforce

太空人 taai3 hung1 jan4 tai4 kong1 ren2 = astronaut; taikonaut

空間 hung1 gaan1 kong1 jian1 = empty space

上空 soeng6 hung1 shang4 kong1 = up in the sky above; aether, ether; airspace
See all 206 compounds (CantoDict reports 216 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

今天天空飄著朵朵雲國
The sky is filled with clouds today
[朵: do2 and doe2 are equally correct.]

雖然係真空，但係唔係話乜嘢都冇。粵
Although it's a vacuum, it's not like there's nothing there.
[Lit. Although is vacuum, but not saying anything don't-have]

馬鞍山站係一個架空車站粵
Ma On Shan MTR Station is an elevated rail station.
[架空 means elevated rail (as opposed to underground).]

請小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]

請小心列車與月台間之空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also, and treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty. (Luke 20:11)

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Decimal representation of this word: 空
Unicode code for this character: U+7a7a (off-site link)

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