Chinese word dictionary

填空

tián kòng · to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified填空

Traditional填空

Pinyintián kòng

Part of speechv

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.04

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

填tián

to fill, to pad, to stuff

空kōng

hollow, empty, deserted, bare

How to learn 填空

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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空调kōngtiáo

air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode); CL:臺|台[tai2]

空kōng

empty; air; sky; in vain

空气kōngqì

air; atmosphere

填写tiánxiě

to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)

空间kōngjiān

space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

空中kōngzhōng

in the sky; in the air