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空闲 kòngxián

空闲 kòngxián Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 空闲 kòngxián .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kòngxián | kong4 xian2
English translation
idle
free time
leisure
unused (place)

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About 空闲 kòngxián

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Traditional form

空閒

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 空闲 kòngxián

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kōng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

gōng

Semantic compound

xué

Positional decomposition

穴工

Number of Strokes

8
xián

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

门木

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 空闲 kòngxián

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zài 空闲 kòngxián shí dòu 一些 yī xiē Shū .

He read books at his leisure.

shāo yǒu 空闲 kòngxián 便 biàn 喜欢 xǐhuan 摆弄 bǎi nòng 干花

When she has a little spare time she enjoys arranging dried flowers.

现在 xiànzài 没空闲聊 xián liáo 。”——“那么 nà me 回见 huí jiàn 。”

"No time for chattering now."— 'Be seeing you. then.'

zài shǎng 大学 Dà xué qián 空闲 kòngxián de 一年周游 zhōu yóu le 世界 shìjiè

I went around the world in my gap year.

空闲 kòngxián Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 空闲 kòngxián and their own compounds.

空闲 kòngxián Compounds

See all 23 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 空闲 kòngxián in their composition.

  • kōng
    • kòng , qiāng , qiāng , kōng , kōng , kōng , Zhào , hōng , kōng , kòng , , , , , , , , , ,
  • xián
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