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

• 空子 gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole
• 空儿(空兒) spare time; free time ; an opportunity ; something tha thas no substance
• 空旷(空曠) spacious and empty; void
• 万境归空(萬境歸空) in the end everything returns to nothingness
• 空气污染(空氣污染) air pollution
• 目空一切 the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around; arrogant; condescending; supercilious
• 空集合 an empty set
• 空口说白话(空口說白話) to make empty promises
• 当空(當空) overhead; up in the sky
• 深空 deep space (outer space)
• 航空邮简(航空郵簡) aerogram
• 色彩空间(色彩空間) color space
• 乘空 to fly in the air ; to take advantage of a gap ; to enjoy free time
• 架空 built above the ground (on stilts) ; unfounded; impractical (cf castles in the air) ; a mere figurehead
• 时空错置(時空錯置) having elements from another time or place
• 高空作业(高空作業) to work high above the ground
• 时空穿越(時空穿越) time travel
• 空头市场(空頭市場) bear market
• 参量空间(參量空間) moduli space ; parameter space
• 洗劫一空 to steal everything
• 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
• 空跑一趟 to make a journey for nothing
• 空气滤清器(空氣濾清器) air filter
• 空中炮舰(空中砲艦) gunship (aircraft)
• 空荡荡(空蕩蕩) absolutely empty (space); complete vacuum
• 虚空(虛空) empty space ; the sky; space
• 空穴来风(空穴來風) wind to empty spaces winds fly
• 航空航天局 air and space agency
• 空气取样(空氣取樣) air sampling
• 空心球 hollow ball; (basketball) swish shot
• 空口白话(空口白話) empty promises
• 空前绝后(空前絕後) unprecedented and never to be duplicated; unmatched
• 天马行空(天馬行空) like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies; (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
• 时空旅行(時空旅行) time travel
• 空白 blank space ; empty
• 空运(空運) air transport
• 高空俱乐部(高空俱樂部) Mile High Club
• 座无空席(座無空席) a banquet with no empty seats; standing room only
• 镂空(鏤空) openwork
• 空白点(空白點) gap; empty space
• 空气净化器(空氣淨化器) air purifier
• 切空间(切空間) space of sections
• 桥空(橋空) arch of a bridge
• 长空(長空) the vast sky; eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term
• 防空壕 a defensive trench
• 放空挡(放空擋) to coast along in neutral gear (in a car); to go commando
• 电子空间(電子空間) cyberspace
• 空心墙(空心牆) cavity wall; hollow wall
• 空洞无物(空洞無物) empty cave, nothing there; devoid of substance; nothing new to show

Also contained in

万人空巷 、 悟空

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
• 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
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 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

Collocations

• 内空 (內空) 合內空周外 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 7
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 空篭 (空篭) 徒獻空籠 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — 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
• 空乏 (空乏) 空乏其身 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 2