空军 meaning in English
air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
Meaning of 空军
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- air force
- (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
How to use 空军
空军 is the normal word for a country's air force, and it often appears next to 陆军 (lùjūn, army) and 海军 (hǎijūn, navy). Example: 他哥哥在空军当飞行员。(Tā gēge zài kōngjūn dāng fēixíngyuán.) His older brother is a pilot in the air force.
空 (kōng) means sky or empty, and 军 (jūn) means army. Put them together and you get the army of the sky, the air force.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 空 as kòng because they know 空儿 (kòngr, free time), but in 空军 it is first tone, kōng. Also, 军 is easy to mix up with 车 (chē, vehicle), so remember that 军 has the extra cover 冖 on top.
空军 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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空 kōng · empty · 8 strokes
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军 jūn · army · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 空军.
| 空气 | kōngqì | air; atmosphere |
| 有空儿 | yǒukòngr | erhua form of 有空[you3 kong4] |
| 天空 | tiānkōng | sky |
| 空调 | kōngtiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 空儿 | kòngr | spare time; free time |
| 空间 | kōngjiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | hángkōng | aviation |
| 填空 | tiánkòng | to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper) |
| 冠军 | guànjūn | champion |
| 太空 | tàikōng | outer space |
| 空中 | kōngzhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 军人 | jūnrén | serviceman; soldier |
Questions about 空军
What does 空军 mean?
空军 (kōngjūn) means "air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 空军?
空军 is made of 2 characters: 空 (8 strokes), 军 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 空军 an HSK word?
Yes. 空军 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 空军 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 空军 is written 空軍.
What does 空军 mean in fishing slang?
Among anglers, 空军 jokingly means coming home with no fish at all, like the English idea of getting skunked. The joke is that 空 also means empty, so your bucket is empty. For example, 今天又空军了 (jīntiān yòu kōngjūn le) means you caught nothing again today.
How do you say air force base or air force soldier in Chinese?
An air force base is 空军基地 (kōngjūn jīdì). A member of the air force can be called 空军战士 (kōngjūn zhànshì) or simply 空军 in casual speech.