空洞

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Chinese

emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
cave; hole
trad. (空洞)
simp. #(空洞)
anagram 洞空

Pronunciation


Noun

空洞

  1. cavity; hole; void

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Adjective

空洞

  1. hollow; empty
  2. abstract; vacuous; hollow; shallow

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(くう)(どう) (kūdō

  1. a hollow
    • 1924, 小川未明, 赤い船のお客:
      (ふえ)(なか)は、ただ一本(いっぽん)空洞(くうどう)(たけ)にしかすぎませんでした。
      Fue no naka wa, tada ippon no kūdō no take ni shika sugimasen deshita.
      The inside of the flute was nothing more than the hollow of a piece of bamboo.
  2. cave