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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 空洞

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
空洞 kōng dòng - cavity
- empty
- vacuous

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
6 - 11,098 15,617 13,109

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
空 kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
空 kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
洞 dòng- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
洞 tóng- used in 洪洞[Hong2tong2], a county in Shanxi

Other Words Containing 空洞

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
空洞 6 - 11,098 15,617 13,109
防空洞 - - 15,789 43,361 53,520
空洞无物 - - 53,338 98,486 70,476