空虚 meaning in English

kōngxū

hollow; emptiness

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 空虛19 strokes

Meaning of 空虚

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kōngxū

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

没méi有yǒu他tā我wǒ的de生shēng活huó是shì空kōng虚xū的de。

My life is hollow without him.

我wǒ承chéng认rèn，没méi有yǒu他tā，我wǒ未wèi来lái十shí年nián的de生shēng活huó将jiāng会huì是shì空kōng虚xū的de、没méi有yǒu目mù标biāo的de。

I admit that if it weren't for him, the next ten years of my life would have been empty and devoid of purpose.

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Words that share a character with 空虚.

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)
太空	tàikōng	outer space
空中	kōngzhōng	in the sky; in the air
虚心	xūxīn	open-minded; humble
空军	kōngjūn	air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked

What does 空虚 mean?

空虚 (kōngxū) means "hollow; emptiness" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 空虚?

空虚 is made of 2 characters: 空 (8 strokes), 虚 (11 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 空虚 an HSK word?

Yes. 空虚 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 空虚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 空虚 is written 空虛.