空 kōng

1. kōng adjective empty; void; hollow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'kōng' 空 sv 1; Kroll 2015 '空' 1, p. 241; NCCED kōng '空' 1; Unihan '空')
2. kòng noun free time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Leisure
   Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 n 1; Kroll 2015 '空' 1a, p. 241; NCCED kòng '空' 4)
3. kòng verb to empty; to clean out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '空' kòng, p. 241; NCCED kòng '空' 1)
4. kōng noun the sky; the air
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: In the sense of 天空 (ABC 'kōng' 空 bf; Kroll 2015 '空' 2, p. 241; NCCED kōng '空' 3)
5. kōng adjective in vain; for nothing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'kōng' 空 sv 4; Kroll 2015 '空' 4, p. 241; NCCED kōng '空' 4)
6. kòng adjective vacant; unoccupied
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '空' 1b, p. 241; NCCED kòng '空' 2)
7. kòng noun empty space
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 n 2; Kroll 2015 '空' 2, p. 241; NCCED kòng '空' 3)
8. kōng adjective without substance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in empty talk (Kroll 2015 '空' 3, p. 241; NCCED kōng '空' 2)
9. kōng verb to not have
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED kōng '空' 5)
10. kòng noun opportunity; chance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 n 2; NCCED kòng '空' 5)
11. kōng adjective vast and high
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kōng' 空 sv 2)
12. kōng adjective impractical; ficticious
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kōng' 空 sv 3)
13. kòng adjective blank
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 sv 1; Kroll 2015 '空' 1a, p. 241; )
14. kòng adjective expansive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 sv 2)
15. kòng adjective lacking
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'kòng' 空 sv 3)
16. kōng adjective plain; nothing else
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '空' 5, p. 241)

Contained in

• 太空步 moonwalk (dance)
• 空腔 cavity
• 太空 outer space
• 港龙航空(港龙航空) Dragon Airlines ; Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline
• 空疏 shallow; empty
• 架空 built above the ground (on stilts) ; unfounded; impractical (cf castles in the air) ; a mere figurehead
• 赤手空拳 empty hand, empty fist; having nothing to rely on; unarmed and defenseless
• 太空船 spaceship
• 独守空房(獨守空房) (of a married woman) to stay home alone
• 太空人 astronaut
• 乳白天空 whiteout
• 中空 hollow; empty interior
• 空穴 electron hole
• 挖空心思 to dig for thoughts; to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
• 卖空(賣空) to sell short (finance)
• 子空间(子空間) subspace
• 领空(領空) airspace
• 假大空 empty words; bogus speech
• 抽空 to find the time to do something
• 闯空门(闖空門) to break into a house when nobody is home
• 空谷传声(空谷傳聲) sound resonates in an empty valley
• 司空 Minster of Land and Water ; Sikong
• 核动力航空母舰(核動力航空母艦) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
• 劫掠一空 to plunder completely
• 地对空导弹(地對空導彈) ground-to-air missile
• 空头(空頭) phony; unrealistic; unpractical ; refined rice ; short trading
• 航空运单(航空運單) Air Waybill (AWB)
• 空中乘务员(空中乘務員) flight attendant
• 买空卖空(買空賣空) to speculate; to play the market; to sell hot air
• 空日 day that is named but not numbered
• 空降 airborne
• 空余(空餘) free; vacant; unoccupied
• 空着手(空著手) empty-handed
• 在真空中 in a vacuum
• 空穴来风未必无因(空穴來風未必無因) wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire
• 空话连篇(空話連篇) long-winded empty talk
• 座无空席(座無空席) a banquet with no empty seats; standing room only
• 升空(昇空) to rise to the sky; to lift off; to levitate; liftoff
• 星空 starry sky; the heavens
• 箪瓢屡空(簞瓢屢空) scoop was often empty
• 空钟(空鐘) diabolo; Chinese yo-yo
• 空气动力(空氣動力) aerodynamic force
• 空嫂 married stewardess of mature age
• 仿射空间(仿射空間) affine space
• 空气阻力(空氣阻力) atmospheric drag; air resistance
• 中华航空公司(中華航空公司) China Airlines
• 天低吴楚，眼空无物(天低吳楚，眼空無物) the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see
• 海空军(海空軍) navy and air force

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达美航空 、 捷达航空货运 、 美国国家航天航空局

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• 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 26
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷一百四十 志2: 曆志 Volume 140: Treatises 2 Calendars Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 120 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 卷九十七 列傳第五十七 夷蠻 Volume 97 Biographies 57: Yi Man Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷七十一 志第二十四 律曆四 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Measures and Calendar 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14
• 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 14

Collocations

• 内空 (內空) 合內空周外 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 7
• 空桐 (空桐) 奉公自空桐入 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 空处 (空處) 置之空處也 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十一 為人者天第四十一 五行之義第四十二 陽尊陰卑第四十三 王道通三第四十四 天容第四十五 天辨在人第四十六 陰陽位第四十七　Scroll 11 — count: 5
• 居空 (居空) 夏居空右 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十一 為人者天第四十一 五行之義第四十二 陽尊陰卑第四十三 王道通三第四十四 天容第四十五 天辨在人第四十六 陰陽位第四十七　Scroll 11 — count: 4
• 空窍 (空竅) 空竅者 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 喻老第二十一 Chapter 21: Illustrations of Laozi's's Teachings — count: 4
• 毋空 (毋空) 所謂內膠外閉與心毋空乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十一 小取 Book 11 - Minor Illustrations — count: 3
• 空言 (空言) 以為見之空言 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷六 服制像第十四 二端第十五 符瑞第十六 俞序第十七 離合根第十八 立元神第十九 保位權第二十　Scroll 6 — count: 3
• 空壁 (空壁) 必空壁逐我 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin — count: 3
• 空无人 (空無人) 而故渾邪地空無人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《大宛列傳》 Treatise on the Dayuan — count: 2
• 空乏 (空乏) 空乏其身 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 2