空难 meaning in English

kōngnàn

air crash; aviation accident or incident

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 空難18 strokes

Meaning of 空难

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kōngnàn
  1. air crash
  2. aviation accident or incident

空难 in example sentences

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

汤tāng姆mǔ死sǐ于yú两liǎng年nián前qián的de一yī次cì空kōng难nàn。
Tom died two years ago in a plane crash.
这zhè起qǐ空kōng难nàn是shì迄qì今jīn为wéi止zhǐ加jiā拿ná大dà境jìng内nèi最zuì严yán重zhòng的de空kōng难nàn。
The crash was and remains to date the deadliest airplane accident on Canadian soil.

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

难 nán · difficult · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 空难.

难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell
空气kōngqìair; atmosphere
难受nánshòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain
难看nánkànugly; unsightly
难题nántídifficult problem
难听nántīngunpleasant to hear; coarse
有空儿yǒukòngrerhua form of 有空[you3 kong4]
难道nándàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
困难kùnnandifficult; challenging
天空tiānkōngsky
空调kōngtiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
难度nándùdegree of difficulty

Questions about 空难

What does 空难 mean?

空难 (kōngnàn) means "air crash; aviation accident or incident" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 空难?

空难 is made of 2 characters: 空 (8 strokes), 难 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 空难 an HSK word?

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

How is 空难 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 空难 is written 空難.