ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.empty; hollow; void; vacant; unoccupied
街上空无一人。
There's not a single soul in the street.
书籍已销售一空。
All the books have been sold out.
请问,还有空房间吗?
Excuse me, is there an empty room?
- 2
n.sky
士兵对空射击。
The soldiers fired into the air.
敌方向我军发射一枚空对地导弹。
The enemy fired an air-to-surface missile at our army.
我看见好几只风筝飞在空中。
I saw several kites flying in the sky.
synonym
- 3
adv.for nothing; in vain
她空吹一通。
She prattled away about nothing.
我空跑了一趟。
I made a journey for nothing.
士兵空放了一枪。
The soldier fired a blank shot.
- 4
n.Kong, a surname
Words and phrases with 空
- 空泛[word]vague and general
- 空客[word]Airbus
- 空壳[word]empty shell
- 空前[word]unprecedented
- 空投[word]paradrop
- 空穴[word]hole
- 空间站[word]space station; space-communication equipment installed on the moon, planets, or in spacecraft
- 空手[word]empty-handed; with no examples to follow or no information to guide oneself
- 空虚[word]hollow
- 空空洞洞[idiom]devoid of content
- 空穴来风[idiom]An empty hole invites the wind—weakness lends wings to rumours.
- 空空如也[idiom]absolutely empty
- 空谷幽兰[idiom]lonely orchid in a deserted valley
- 空中楼阁[idiom]castle of cards―plans or hopes that are unlikely to be realized
- 空前绝后[idiom]never seen before and will never be seen again
- 空前未有[idiom]be unprecedented
- 空洞无物[idiom]devoid of content
- 空头支票[idiom]dud cheque; empty promise