HSK 5 · Time

空闲 kòngxián “free time” in Chinese

Traditional 空閒

What 空闲 means

  1. free time
  2. spare time
  3. free (not busy)
  4. leisure
  5. (of a person) free
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • unoccupied
  • (of equipment, rooms etc) unused
  • idle
  • vacant

How to say 空闲

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale闲xián2nd tone, rising

空闲 in a sentence

  1. 您空闲时间喜欢做什么？

    Nín kòngxián shíjiān xǐhuan zuò shénme?

    What do you like to do in your free time?

    Sentence #469466 from Tatoeba

  2. 她利用空闲时间做布娃娃。

    Tā lìyòng kòngxián shíjiān zuò bùwáwa.

    She uses her spare time to make rag dolls.

    Sentence #2004692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。

    Fùqīn chángcháng zài kòngxián shíjiān dú zhēntàn xiǎoshuō.

    My father often reads detective novels in his spare time.

    Sentence #332836 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 空闲 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 闲 (xián) with each of its parts in a different colour
闲xiánenclosure
  • 门gate · mén
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 空闲

空 8 strokes · 闲 7 strokes

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

Words related to 空闲

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天空tiānkōng · sky空间kōngjiān · space空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy空洞kōngdòng · empty空虚kōngxū · empty太空tàikōng · outer space

Words with 闲

休闲xiūxián · leisure闲话xiánhuà · gossip

More words: Time & Sequence

古代gǔdài · ancient times国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)阶段jiēduàn · stage近代jìndài · modern times (roughly 1840 to 1919 in China)连续liánxù · continuous立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately目前mùqián · at the present time

FAQs

空闲 (kòngxián) means “free time” or “spare time”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kòngxián: kòng with a 4th tone, then xián with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 空闲 is written 空閒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kongxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 空闲 from the suggestions. Typing kongxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
空闲 is an HSK 5 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.