空气
kōng qì
Pinyin

Definition

空气
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kōng qì
  1. air
  2. atmosphere

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiān kōng
  1. 1 sky
xīng kōng
  1. 1 starry sky
  2. 2 the heavens
shí kōng
  1. 1 time and place
  2. 2 world of a particular locale and era
  3. 3 (physics) space-time
yǒu kòng
  1. 1 to have time (to do sth)
kōng
  1. 1 empty
  2. 2 air
  3. 3 sky
  4. 4 in vain
kōng qì
  1. 1 air
  2. 2 atmosphere
kōng xū
  1. 1 hollow
  2. 2 emptiness
  3. 3 meaningless
kōng tiáo
  1. 1 air conditioning
  2. 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]
kōng jiān
  1. 1 space
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 (fig.) scope
  4. 4 leeway
  5. 5 (astronomy) outer space
  6. 6 (physics, math.) space
háng kōng
  1. 1 aviation
shàng kōng
  1. 1 overhead
  2. 2 in the sky
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
bàn kōng
  1. 1 midair
tián kòng
  1. 1 to fill a job vacancy
  2. 2 to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
yè kōng
  1. 1 night sky
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. 1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. 2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. 3 unconstrained in style
tài kōng
  1. 1 outer space
Sūn Wù kōng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì]
  2. 2 Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qī lóng zhū]
dé kòng
  1. 1 to have leisure time
Wù Kōng
  1. 1 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī Yóu Jì]

Idioms (20)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
  1. 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. 1 like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. 2 (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. 3 unconstrained in style
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
  1. 1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
  1. 1 to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
  1. 1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
  2. 2 the whole wide world
  3. 3 chatting about everything under the sun
盛况空前
shèng kuàng kōng qián
  1. 1 a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
目空一切
mù kōng yī qiè
  1. 1 the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
  2. 2 condescending
  3. 3 supercilious
目空四海
mù kōng sì hǎi
  1. 1 the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant
  2. 2 condescending
  3. 3 supercilious
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
  1. 1 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2 castles in Spain
  3. 3 imaginary future plans
空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
  1. 1 empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
空洞无物
kōng dòng wú wù
  1. 1 empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance
  2. 2 nothing new to show
空无一人
kōng wú yī rén
  1. 1 not a soul in sight (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们老板是不是瞎了?明明同事能力不如我,方案不如我,提议也不如我,可老板却总是听他的意见,完全把我当空气,简直委屈到爆炸。
wǒmen lǎobǎn shìbushì xiā le ?míngmíng tóngshì nénglì bùrú wǒ ,fāngàn bùrú wǒ ,tíyì yě bùrú wǒ ,kě lǎobǎn què zǒngshì tīng tā de yìjiàn ,wánquán bǎ wǒ dāng kōngqì ,jiǎnzhí wěiqū dào bàozhà 。
Do you think my boss is totally blind? It's clear that my coworkers aren't as skilled as me. Their proposals aren't as good as mine, their suggestions aren't as good as mine, but the boss always listens to this one guy's opinion, and treats me like I'm not even there. I can't take much more of being wronged like this.
嫌麻烦你就别想着脱单了,家里连个鬼都没有,你还想轰轰烈烈跟空气谈恋爱啊?
xián máfan nǐ jiù bié xiǎng zhe tuōdān le ,jiālǐ lián gè guǐ dōu méiyǒu ,nǐ hái xiǎng hōnghōnglièliè gēn kōngqì court ā ?
If you're worried about hassle then you needn't think about escaping singledom. There's not even a ghost at your house, so how do you propose making a big deal about falling in love with empty space?
去过,虽然空气不好,人也有点多,但是那些古迹真的好美。
qù guo ,suīrán kōngqì bù hǎo ,rén yě yǒu diǎnr duō ,dànshì nàxiē gǔjì zhēnde hǎo měi 。
I've been. Although the air (quality) wasn't that good and there were quite a lot of people, the historic sites were really beautiful.
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是啊,你闻闻,空气多干净,泥土的味道多香,生活就应该这样子过。
shì a ,nǐ wén wen ,kōngqì duō gānjìng ,nítǔ de wèidao duō xiāng ,shēnghuó jiù yīnggāi zhèyàngzi guò 。
Yes. Do you smell that? The air is so clean and the soil is so fragrant. This is living.
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我看书上说,空气、温度、湿度的改变,或是食物,像巧克力、花生等等,都可能引发偏头痛,你中午不是就说很闷,不舒服了?
wǒ kàn shūshàng shuō ,kōngqì 、wēndù 、shīdù de gǎibiàn ,huòshì shíwù ,xiàng qiǎokèlì 、huāshēng děngdeng ,dōu kěnéng yǐnfā piāntóutòng ,nǐ zhōngwǔ bùshì jiù shuō hěn mēn ,bù shūfu le ?
This book says that changes in the air, temperature, and humidity levels, or even food like chocolate,peanuts etc can all trigger a migraine. Didn't you say at noon that you felt stuffy and uncomfortable?
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都市人太不懂得享受大自然的恩赐了,阳光、花香、空气都是不用钱的,偏偏要去百货公司、咖啡馆人挤人。
dūshì rén tài bù dǒngde xiǎngshòu dàzìrán de ēncì le ,yángguāng 、huāxiāng 、kōngqì dōu shì búyòng qián de ,piānpiān yào qù bǎihuò gōngsī 、kāfēiguǎn rén jǐ rén 。
Urbanites don't really understand how to enjoy nature's gifts. The sun, the scent of flowers and fresh air are all free, but they prefer to go to crowded department stores and cafes.
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说到空气,这儿的空气实在说不上值得享受吧。
shuōdào kōngqì ,zhèr de kōngqì shízài shuō bu shàng zhídé xiǎngshòu ba 。
Speaking of fresh air, the air here isn't exactly worth enjoying.
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也是啦,但主要还是因为空气不好,你应该也听说过PM2.5这个名词了吧?
yě shì la ,dàn zhǔyào háishì yīnwèi kōngqì bù hǎo ,nǐ yīnggāi yě tīngshuō guò PM2.5 zhè ge míngcí le ba ?
For that too, but mostly it is because the air is bad. You've probably heard the term PM2.5, yeah?
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到底环不环保,我看还是仁者见仁,智者见智吧。如果从长远来看,它可能相当绿色;但放在今天,它就不那么绿色了。电动汽车不是烧汽油的,所以它相当绿色,这没错。没有引擎,没有油箱,没有废气排放,它基本上是零排放的。但是如果考虑到汽车对环境的影响,就不能只看排气管了。特斯拉不是靠空气跑动的,它用电,而电来自不同的燃料如核电、天然气、还有最污染环境的煤。
dàodǐ huán bù huánbǎo ,wǒ kàn háishì rénzhějiànrén,zhìzhějiànzhì ba 。rúguǒ cóng chángyuǎn lái kàn ,tā kěnéng xiāngdāng lǜsè ;dàn fàngzài jīntiān ,tā jiù bù nàme lǜsè le 。diàndòng qìchē bùshì shāo qìyóu de ,suǒyǐ tā xiāngdāng lǜsè ,zhè méi cuò 。méiyǒu yǐnqíng ,méiyǒu yóuxiāng ,méiyǒu fèiqì páifàng ,tā jīběnshang shì líng páifàng de 。dànshì rúguǒ kǎolǜ dào qìchē duì huánjìng de yǐngxiǎng ,jiù bùnéng zhǐ kàn páiqìguǎn le 。tèsīlā bùshì kào kōngqì pǎodòng de ,tā yòng diàn ,ér diàn láizì bùtóng de ránliào rú hédiàn 、tiānránqì 、háiyǒu zuì wūrǎn huánjìng de méi 。
Whether it is environmentally friendly in the end or not, I still think people will have differing viewpoints. If you view it from the long-term, perhaps it is fairly green; but for the present, it isn't that green. Electric cars don't burn gas, so they are quite green. That's true. There is no engine, no gas tank, no exhaust emission. It has basically zero emissions. But if you consider the effect of the car on the environment, you can't just look at exhaust pipes. Tesla doesn't run on air, it uses electricity. And electricity comes from different fuels: for example, nuclear power, natural gas, and coal, which pollutes the environment the most.
申办冬奥会,北京的劣势是空气污染。
shēnbàn dōngàohuì ,Běijīng de lièshì shì kōngqì wūrǎn 。
In applying to hold the Winter Olympics, Beijing's disadvantage is air pollution.
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