Chinese word dictionary

抽空

chōu kòng · to find the time to do sth

Practice word

Word information

Simplified抽空

Traditional抽空

Pinyinchōu kòng

Part of speechv

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

抽chōu

to draw out, to pull out; to sprout

空kōng

hollow, empty, deserted, bare

How to learn 抽空

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

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

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

抽chōu

to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash

空间kōngjiān

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

空中kōngzhōng

in the sky; in the air