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HSK
air / atmosphere
HSK 2
erhua variant of 有空
HSK 2
sky
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL: 臺|台
HSK 3
spare time / free time
HSK 3
aviation
HSK 4
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *空* | 空* | *空
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
outer space
HSK 5
air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked
HSK 6
(physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
HSK 7-9
time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
HSK 7-9
vacant land / open space
HSK 7-9
blank space
HSK 7-9
high altitude
HSK 7-9
hollow / emptiness / meaningless
HSK 7-9
crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events
HSK 7-9
empty; deserted
HSK 7-9
to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
HSK 7-9
unprecedented
HSK 7-9
daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
HSK 7-9
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
air crash / aviation accident or incident
HSK 7-9
manned orbiting space station
ground-to-air missile
liar
in midair / in the air
flight attendant / on-board service
to have time (to do sth)
aviation science
to break into a home when no one is there (to steal)
(acrobatics) front flip
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
coordinate space
idle / free time / leisure
using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
aerial ropeway / cable car
aerial cartwheel / side somersault
cloze (pedagogy)
air base
bear market
hollow / empty interior
air conditioning
to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom)
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom) / this world is an illusion
vacuum pump
empty words / bogus speech
time travel
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
to soar / to rise high into the air
air war / air warfare
(math.) subspace
vacancy
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
an empty stomach
airline / CL:
air-to-surface (missile)
empty / desolate
air self-defense force
abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
deep space (outer space)
void / hollow / empty
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded; impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead
openwork / fretwork
hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot
empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile)
to airdrop
to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead
aircraft carrier (CL:) / (fig.) juggernaut
astronaut
empty shell
flight attendant / cabin crew
vacuum tube
to excavate / to hollow
to travel through time
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
spacious and empty / void
empty place / room (for sb)
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
midair
prattle / idle chit-chat
filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc)
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
see 蕹菜
aircraft
air pollution
gap / interval
blank / blank space on a form / space / (indicating missing or illegible character)
to sell short (finance)
bungee jumping (Tw)
(idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
to make an air raid

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