HSK 6 · Objects

空隙 kòngxì “gap” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 空隙 means

  1. gap
  2. crack
  3. spare time
  4. gap between two objects
  5. gap in time between two events

How to say 空隙

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale空kòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale隙xì4th tone, falling

空隙 in a sentence

  1. 请小心月台与车厢之间的空隙。

    Qǐng xiǎoxīn yuètái yǔ chēxiāng zhījiān de kòngxì.

    Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

    Sentence #472884 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 空隙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 空 (kōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
空kòngto empty
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 工work · gōngSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with kòng.

The character 隙 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
隙xìcrack
  • 阝place
  • 小small · xiǎo
  • 日sun · rì
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 空隙

空 8 strokes · 隙 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

空隙 (kòngxì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 空隙 (kòngxì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 空隙

Words with 空

空调kōngtiáo · air conditioning空kōng · empty填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)空气kōngqì · air空闲kòngxián · free time天空tiānkōng · sky空间kōngjiān · space空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy空洞kōngdòng · empty空虚kōngxū · empty

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FAQs

空隙 (kòngxì) means “gap” or “crack”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kòngxì: kòng with a 4th tone, then xì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 空隙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kongxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 空隙 from the suggestions. Typing kongxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
空隙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.