填空

Meaning(verb)

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

Examples

• 请用括号里的词填空。

  qǐng yòng kuò hào lǐ de cí tián kòng.

  Fill in the blanks with the words in brackets.

• 这次考试有十道填空题。

  zhè cì kǎo shì yǒu shí dào tián kòng tí.

  This exam has ten fill-in-the-blank questions.

• 填空的时候要注意写对字。

  tián kòng de shí hòu yào zhù yì xiě duì zì.

  Be careful to write the characters correctly when filling in the blanks.

Easily confused

• 填写 — 填空 is filling blanks in an exercise; 填写 is filling in a form.

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