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kōng = ku + (e)ng1
empty / air / sky / in vain
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kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
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How to pronounce 空

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

空 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
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xué = xu + e2
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
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Characters with 空 as component

qiāng = qi + ang1
(bound form) cavity / tune / accent (in one's speech) / (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock)
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qiāng = qi + ang1
cavity of body / barrel (e.g. engine cylinder) / compartment / tune / accent of speech
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kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia
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Words with 空

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space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
air / atmosphere
outer space

Sentences with 空

zòu
wàn
suì
 
 
jīn
yǒu
yāo
hóu
sūn
kōng

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kōng / kòng

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