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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 空中楼阁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
空中楼阁 kōng zhōng lóu gé - pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
- castles in Spain
- imaginary future plans

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 48,960 49,011 42,699

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
空 kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
空 kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
中 zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
中 zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
中 zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
楼 lóu- surname Lou
楼 lóu- house with more than 1 story
- storied building
- floor
- CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
阁 gé- pavilion (usu. two-storied)
- cabinet (politics)
- boudoir
- woman's chamber
- rack
- shelf

Other Words Containing 空中楼阁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
空中楼阁 - - 48,960 49,011 42,699