空
虚

Hollow in Chinese: 空虚 (kōng xū)

kōng xū

hollow

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 空虛1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hollow
  2. 2emptiness
  3. 3meaningless

Stroke order

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空
虚

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄎㄨㄥ

kōng

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄒㄩ

xū

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

空虚

Simplified

空虛

Traditional

Example sentences

See 空虚 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 退休后他感到内心空虚。

    tuì xiū hòu tā gǎn dào nèi xīn kōng xū。

    After retiring, he felt an inner emptiness.

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Related words

空

kōng

empty

虚

xū

emptiness

空调

kōng tiáo

air conditioning

空气

kōng qì

air

填空

tián kòng

to fill a job vacancy

空间

kōng jiān

space

空闲

kòng xián

idle

谦虚

qiān xū

modest

天空

tiān kōng

sky

虚心

xū xīn

open-minded

空儿

kòng r

spare time

航空

háng kōng

aviation

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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