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

• 遁入空门(遁入空門) to take refuge in religious life
• 空间局(空間局) a space agency
• 航空站 air terminal
• 四维空间(四維空間) four-dimensional space
• 空气取样(空氣取樣) air sampling
• 空无一人(空無一人) not a soul in sight
• 空腔 cavity
• 短空 poor prospects in the short term (finance)
• 徒讬空言(徒託空言) vainly relying on empty words
• 空地导弹(空地導彈) air-to-surface missile
• 空气动力学(空氣動力學) aerodynamics
• 航空 aviation
• 仿射子空间(仿射子空間) affine subspace
• 笥匮囊空(笥匱囊空) extremely destitute
• 偷空 to take some time out; to make use of a spare moment
• 高空病 high altitude sickness
• 一纸空文(一紙空文) a worthless piece of paper
• 扑空(撲空) to rush at thin air; to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
• 抽空 to find the time to do something
• 空档(空檔) gap (between two objects); interval of time (between events); opening in one's schedule; free time
• 长空(長空) the vast sky; eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term
• 航空运单(航空運單) Air Waybill (AWB)
• 侧空翻(側空翻) aerial cartwheel; side somersault
• 蒸发空调(蒸發空調) evaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
• 东方航空(東方航空) China Eastern Airlines
• 低空 low altitude
• 空防 air force; air defense
• 凭空(憑空) baseless; without foundation
• 没空(沒空) no time available
• 前空翻 forward somersault; front flip
• 轨道空间站(軌道空間站) orbiting space station
• 太空 outer space
• 中国航空工业公司(中國航空工業公司) Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)
• 太空船 spaceship
• 空中分列 flyover
• 空挡(空擋) neutral gear
• 空港 airport
• 空隙 a crack; a gap; an interval
• 体有空窍(體有空竅) a body has orifices
• 国际航空运输协会(國際航空運輸協會) International Air Transport Association (IATA)
• 网络空间(網絡空間) cyberspace
• 空间探测(空間探測) space probe
• 晴空万里(晴空萬里) a clear and boundless sky
• 空气调节机(空氣調節機) air conditioner
• 空空洞洞 empty; hollow; lacking in substance
• 空无所有(空無所有) having nothing; utterly destitute; without two sticks to rub together
• 航空母舰战斗群(航空母艦戰鬥群) carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG); naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier

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捷达航空货运 、 司空图 、 印度航空公司 、 北欧航空公司

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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
• 第二回 Chapter 120 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 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
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 空篭 (空篭) 徒獻空籠 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 2
• 空泽 (空澤) 公游于空澤 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2