空

Meaningkōng(adjective, verb, vocab.word.pos.g, adverb)

empty; air; sky; in vain

Examples

• 冰箱里是空的。

  bīng xiāng lǐ shì kōng de.

  The fridge is empty.

• 这个瓶子已经空了。

  zhè ge píng zi yǐ jīng kōng le.

  This bottle is empty.

• 今天天空很蓝。

  jīn tiān tiān kōng hěn lán.

  The sky is very blue today.

Easily confused

• 空 (kòng) — Same character: kōng means empty or sky; kòng means free time or a gap.

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Meaningkòng(adjective, verb, vocab.word.pos.g, adverb)

to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time

有空 / 没空: free / not free; 空儿 is spare time.

Examples

• 你明天有空吗？

  nǐ míng tiān yǒu kōng ma?

  Are you free tomorrow?

• 这几天我没空。

  zhè jǐ tiān wǒ méi kòng.

  I'm busy these few days.

• 每行前面空两个字。

  měi xíng qián miàn kōng liǎng gè zì.

  Leave two spaces at the start of each line.

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