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  1. 1. to empty
  2. 2. vacant
  3. 3. unoccupied
  4. 4. space
  5. 5. leisure
  6. 6. free time

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Words Containing 空

上空
shàng kōng

overhead

司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn

a common occurrence (idiom)

填空
tián kòng

to fill a job vacancy

天空
tiān kōng

sky

太空
tài kōng

outer space

抽空
chōu kòng

to find the time to do sth

时空
shí kōng

time and place

真空
zhēn kōng

vacuum

空中
kōng zhōng

in the sky

空儿
kòngr

spare time

空前
kōng qián

unprecedented

空前绝后
kōng qián jué hòu

unprecedented and never to be duplicated

空地
kōng dì

air-to-surface (missile)

空地
kòng dì

vacant land

空想
kōng xiǎng

daydream

空气
kōng qì

air

空洞
kōng dòng

cavity

空白
kòng bái

blank space

空荡荡
kōng dàng dàng

empty; deserted

空虚
kōng xū

hollow

空调
kōng tiáo

air conditioning

空军
kōng jūn

air force

空闲
kòng xián

idle

空间
kōng jiān

space

空隙
kòng xì

crack

空难
kōng nàn

air crash

航空
háng kōng

aviation

钻空子
zuān kòng zi

to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

高空
gāo kōng

high altitude

一场空
yī cháng kōng

all one's hopes and efforts come to nothing

一扫而空
yī sǎo ér kōng

to sweep clean

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén

a worthless piece of paper (idiom)

一空
yī kōng

leaving none left

三维空间
sān wéi kōng jiān

three-dimensional space

上升空间
shàng shēng kōng jiān

upside

上空洗车
shàng kōng xǐ chē

topless car wash

不空成就佛
bù kōng chéng jiù fó

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

中国人民解放军空军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn kōng jūn

People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

中国国际航空公司
zhōng guó guó jì háng kōng gōng sī

Air China Ltd.

中国东方航空
zhōng guó dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

中国民用航空局
zhōng guó mín yòng háng kōng jú

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)

中国联合航空
zhōng guó lián hé háng kōng

China United Airlines

中国航空工业公司
zhōng guó háng kōng gōng yè gōng sī

Aviation Industries of China (AVIC)

中国航空运输协会
zhōng guó háng kōng yùn shū xié huì

China Air Transport Association (CATA)

中央空调
zhōng yāng kōng tiáo

central air conditioning

中空
zhōng kōng

hollow

中空玻璃
zhōng kōng bō li

double glazing

中华航空公司
zhōng huá háng kōng gōng sī

China Airlines (Taiwan)

中高度防空
zhōng gāo dù fáng kōng

high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)

乳白天空
rǔ bái tiān kōng

whiteout

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng

the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)

人财两空
rén cái liǎng kōng

(idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially

仿射子空间
fǎng shè zǐ kōng jiān

affine subspace (math.)

仿射空间
fǎng shè kōng jiān

affine space (math.)

位形空间
wèi xíng kōng jiān

configuration space (math.)

低空
dī kōng

low altitude

低空跳伞
dī kōng tiào sǎn

BASE Jumping

低空飞过
dī kōng fēi guò

to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)

倒空
dào kōng

to empty (a bag)

假大空
jiǎ dà kōng

empty words

做空
zuò kōng

to sell short (finance)

侧空翻
cè kōng fān

aerial cartwheel

偷空
tōu kòng

to take some time out

全日空
quán rì kōng

All Nippon Airways (ANA)

两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng

empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything

凌空
líng kōng

be high up in the sky

切空间
qiē kōng jiān

space of sections (math.)

前空翻
qián kōng fān

(acrobatics) front flip

劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài

damaged by groundless slander (idiom)

北京航空航天大学
běi jīng háng kōng háng tiān dà xué

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

北欧航空公司
běi ōu háng kōng gōng sī

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

升空
shēng kōng

to rise to the sky

半空
bàn kōng

midair

半空中
bàn kōng zhōng

in midair

印度航空公司
yìn dù háng kōng gōng sī

Air India

参量空间
cān liàng kōng jiān

moduli space (math.)

反空降
fǎn kōng jiàng

anti-aircraft defense

吃空额
chī kòng é

to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only

吃空饷
chī kòng xiǎng

to embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only

向量空间
xiàng liàng kōng jiān

vector space

哈伯太空望远镜
hā bó tài kōng wàng yuǎn jìng

Hubble Space Telescope

唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì

lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)

四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng

lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)

四维空间
sì wéi kōng jiān

four-dimensional space (math.)

回空
huí kōng

to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)

国家航空公司
guó jiā háng kōng gōng sī

flag carrier

国泰航空
guó tài háng kōng

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong-based airline

国际太空站
guó jì tài kōng zhàn

International Space Station

国际航空联合会
guó jì háng kōng lián hé huì

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), world body of gliding and aeronautic sports

国际航空运输协会
guó jì háng kōng yùn shū xié huì

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

地对空导弹
dì duì kōng dǎo dàn

ground-to-air missile

坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng

lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)

外太空
wài tài kōng

outer space

外层空间
wài céng kōng jiān

outer space

夜空
yè kōng

night sky

大型空爆炸弹
dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn

Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb

大韩航空
dà hán háng kōng

Korean Air, South Korea's main airline

天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī wú chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù

the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon

天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng

like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)

太空人
tài kōng rén

astronaut

太空探索
tài kōng tàn suǒ

space exploration

太空服
tài kōng fú

spacesuit

太空梭
tài kōng suō

space shuttle

太空步
tài kōng bù

moonwalk (dance)

太空漫步
tài kōng màn bù

space walk

太空站
tài kōng zhàn

space station

太空舞步
tài kōng wǔ bù

moonwalk (dance)

太空船
tài kōng chuán

spaceship

太空舱
tài kōng cāng

space capsule

太空行走
tài kōng xíng zǒu

spacewalk

太空游
tài kōng yóu

space tourism

太空飞船
tài kōng fēi chuán

Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)

妙手空空
miào shǒu kōng kōng

petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish)

子空间
zǐ kōng jiān

subspace (math.)

孙悟空
sūn wù kōng

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]

守空房
shǒu kōng fáng

to stay home alone (of married woman)

完型填空
wán xíng tián kòng

cloze (pedagogy)

完形填空
wán xíng tián kòng

cloze (pedagogy)

对称空间
duì chèn kōng jiān

symmetric space (math.)

对空射击
duì kōng shè jī

anti-aircraft fire

对空火器
duì kōng huǒ qì

anti-aircraft gun

希望落空
xī wàng luò kōng

hopes are dashed

平行时空
píng xíng shí kōng

parallel universe

坐标空间
zuò biāo kōng jiān

coordinate space

弯曲空间
wān qū kōng jiān

curved space

后空翻
hòu kōng fān

backward somersault

得空
dé kòng

to have leisure time

德国汉莎航空公司
dé guó hàn shā háng kōng gōng sī

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

悟空
wù kōng

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]

凭空
píng kōng

baseless (lie)

凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

悬空
xuán kōng

to hang in the air

悬空寺
xuán kōng sì

Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi

抛空
pāo kōng

to short-sell (finance)

拓扑空间
tuò pū kōng jiān

topological space (math.)

挖空
wā kōng

to excavate

挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si

to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer

捷达航空货运
jié dá háng kōng huò yùn

Jett8 Airlines Cargo (based in Singapore)

掏空
tāo kōng

to hollow out

排空
pái kōng

to drain out; to empty

挂空挡
guà kōng dǎng

see 放空擋|放空挡[fàng kōng dǎng]

拨空
bō kòng

to make time

扑空
pū kōng

lit. to rush at thin air

放空
fàng kōng

to relax completely

放空挡
fàng kōng dǎng

to coast along in neutral gear (in a car)

放空炮
fàng kōng pào

(lit.) to fire blank shots

政权真空
zhèng quán zhēn kōng

power vacuum

日本航空
rì běn háng kōng

Japan Airlines (JAL)

星空
xīng kōng

starry sky

时空旅行
shí kōng lǚ xíng

time travel

时空穿梭
shí kōng chuān suō

time travel

时空穿越
shí kōng chuān yuè

time travel

时空错置
shí kōng cuò zhì

having elements from another time or place

时空错置感
shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn

sense of being in another time and place

晴空万里
qíng kōng wàn lǐ

a clear and boundless sky

有空
yǒu kòng

to have time (to do sth)

东方航空
dōng fāng háng kōng

China Eastern Airlines

架空
jià kōng

to build (a hut etc) on stilts

架空索道
jià kōng suǒ dào

aerial ropeway

核动力航空母舰
hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiàn

nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

横空
héng kōng

filling the atmosphere

法国航空
fǎ guó háng kōng

Air France

法国航空公司
fǎ guó háng kōng gōng sī

Air France

洗劫一空
xǐ jié yī kōng

to steal everything

海空军
hǎi kōng jūn

navy and air force

海空军基地
hǎi kōng jūn jī dì

naval and air military base

海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng

wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas

海陆空
hǎi lù kòng

sea land air (transport, or military operations)

深空
shēn kōng

deep space (outer space)

清空
qīng kōng

to clear

港龙航空
gǎng lóng háng kōng

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (operating as Dragonair), Hong Kong-based international airline

特种空勤团
tè zhǒng kōng qín tuán

Special Air Service (SAS)

独守空房
dú shǒu kōng fáng

(of a married woman) to stay home alone

留空
liú kòng

to leave blank space in a document

当空
dāng kōng

overhead

盛况空前
shèng kuàng kōng qián

a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)

目空一切
mù kōng yī qiè

the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant

目空四海
mù kōng sì hǎi

the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant

相空间
xiàng kōng jiān

phase space (math., ordinary differential equations)

真空泵
zhēn kōng bèng

vacuum pump

真空管
zhēn kōng guǎn

vacuum tube

众创空间
zhòng chuàng kōng jiān

hackerspace

短空
duǎn kōng

poor prospects in the short term (finance)

碧空
bì kōng

the blue sky

空中交通管制
kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì

air traffic control

空中交通管制员
kōng zhōng jiāo tōng guǎn zhì yuán

air traffic controller

空中分列
kōng zhōng fēn liè

(military) flyover

空中劫持
kōng zhōng jié chí

to hijack (a plane)

空中客车
kōng zhōng kè chē

Airbus (aerospace company)

空中小姐
kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě

stewardess

空中少爷
kōng zhōng shào ye

airline steward

空中接力
kōng zhōng jiē lì

alley-oop (basketball)

空中格斗
kōng zhōng gé dòu

dogfight (of planes)

空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé

pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction

空中炮舰
kōng zhōng pào jiàn

gunship (aircraft)

空中花园
kōng zhōng huā yuán

hanging gardens (Babylon etc)

空中飘浮
kōng zhōng piāo fú

to float in the air

空中飞人
kōng zhōng fēi rén

trapeze artist

空乘
kōng chéng

flight attendant

空位
kōng wèi

empty place