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

• 空无一人(空無一人) not a soul in sight
• 一空 leaving none left; (sold etc) out
• 空空荡荡(空空盪盪) deserted
• 空谈(空談) prattle; idle chit-chat
• 趁空 to take advantage of free time
• 空心架子 empty of substance
• 空日 day that is named but not numbered
• 后空翻(後空翻) backward somersault; backflip
• 度量空间(度量空間) a metric space
• 妙手空空 petty thief ( quick fingered and vanish); empty-handed; having nothing
• 空军基地(空軍基地) air base
• 乳白天空 whiteout
• 外层空间(外層空間) outer space
• 空空如也 as empty as anything; completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
• 参量空间(參量空間) moduli space ; parameter space
• 航空业(航空業) aviation industry
• 竹篮打水，一场空(竹籃打水，一場空) using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort
• 劈空扳害 damaged by groundless slander
• 众创空间(眾創空間) hackerspace
• 空置 to set aside; to let lie idle; idle; unused
• 没空儿(沒空兒) having no time
• 一场空(一場空) all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing; futile
• 网络空间(網絡空間) cyberspace
• 万境归空(萬境歸空) in the end everything returns to nothingness
• 空前绝后(空前絕後) unprecedented and never to be duplicated; unmatched
• 四维空间(四維空間) four-dimensional space
• 空乘 flight attendant; on-board service
• 放空 to relax completely; to empty one's mind; (finance) to sell short; (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers); to deadhead
• 港龙航空(港龙航空) Dragon Airlines ; Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline
• 空心面(空心麵) macaroni
• 对称空间(對稱空間) symmetric space
• 扑空(撲空) to rush at thin air; to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
• 空心菜 water spinach; ong choy; swamp cabbage; water convolvulus; water morning-glory
• 航空公司 an airline
• 半空中 in midair; in the air
• 航空线(航空線) aviation line
• 太空行走 spacewalk
• 空对空导弹(空對空導彈) air-to-air missile
• 相空间(相空間) phase space (math., ordinary differential equations)
• 仿射子空间(仿射子空間) affine subspace
• 凭空捏造(憑空捏造) fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
• 空中交通管制员(空中交通管制員) air traffic controller
• 空气动力学(空氣動力學) aerodynamics
• 黎曼空间(黎曼空間) Riemannian space
• 中高度防空 high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)
• 核动力航空母舰(核動力航空母艦) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Also contained in

中国国际航空公司 、 悟空 、 阿联酋航空 、 语义空间 、 大韩航空

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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
• 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
• 空周 (空周) 合內空周外 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 2
• 国内空 (國内空) 國內空 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《商君列傳》 Biography of Lord Shang — count: 2