空心 meaning in English

kōngxīn

hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside

12 strokes

Meaning of 空心

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kōngxīn
  1. hollow
  2. (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside
  3. (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
kòngxīn
  1. on an empty stomach

空心 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

狐hú狸lí躲duǒ在zài了le空kōng心xīn树shù里lǐ面miàn。
The fox hid in the hollow tree.
我wǒ看kàn到dào一yī棵kē老lǎo旧jiù的de空kōng心xīn山shān核hé桃táo树shù,周zhōu围wéi有yǒu一yī些xiē蜜mì蜂fēng在zài飞fēi。
I saw an old and hollow pecan tree that had some bees flying around it.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

空 kōng · empty · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 空心.

小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
关心guānxīnto be concerned about; to care about
中心zhōngxīncenter; heart; core
放心fàngxīnto feel relieved; to feel reassured
心情xīnqíngmood; frame of mind
心里xīnlǐchest; heart; mind
空气kōngqìair; atmosphere
心中xīnzhōngcentral point; in one's thoughts
信心xìnxīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
有空儿yǒukòngrerhua form of 有空[you3 kong4]
天空tiānkōngsky

Questions about 空心

What does 空心 mean?

空心 (kōngxīn) means "hollow; (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside".

How do you write 空心?

空心 is made of 2 characters: 空 (8 strokes), 心 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.