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空洞 kōngdòng

空洞 kōngdòng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 空洞 kōngdòng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kōngdòng | kong1 dong4
English translation
cavity
empty
vacuous

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About 空洞 kōngdòng

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Traditional form

空洞 kōngdòng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 空洞 kōngdòng

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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
dòng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and tóng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

tóng

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵同

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 空洞 kōngdòng

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kuà 年代 niándài de 联系 liánxì 往往 wǎngwǎng shì 空洞 kōngdòng 无力 wú lì de .

The cross - dating links were often tenuous.

zhè 一番吵闹 chǎo nào 使得 shǐ de suǒ yǒu 关于 guānyú 团结 tuánjié 和谐 héxié de 乐观 lèguān 言论 yánlùn yǐn 起来 qǐlai dōu 显得 xiǎnde yǒu 几分 jǐ fēn 空洞 kōngdòng

The rumpus has made all the optimistic statements about unity and harmony ring a little hollow.

duì 星期天 Xīng qī tiān de 爱情 àiqíng zhè 首歌 de 即兴 jí xìng 模仿 mófǎng yǐn 起来 qǐlai 尤其 yóuqí 空洞 kōngdòng

The ersatz spontaneity of "Sunday Love" sounds especially hollow.

空洞 kōngdòng Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 空洞 kōngdòng and their own compounds.

空洞 kōngdòng Compounds

See all 21 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 空洞 kōngdòng in their composition.

  • kōng
    • kòng , qiāng , qiāng , kōng , kōng , kōng , Zhào , hōng , kōng , kòng , , , , , , , , , ,
  • dòng
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