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空心

kōng xīn

2-character word

What 空心 means

1. hollow
2. (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside
3. (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)

Other readings

空心 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kòng xīnon an empty stomach

The characters in 空心

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 狐狸躲在了空心树里面。
  Húli duǒ zài le kōngxīn shù lǐ miàn.
  The fox hid in the hollow tree.

Words starting with 空心

• 空心面kōng xīn miànmacaroni
• 空心球kōng xīn qiúhollow ball; (basketball) swish shot
• 空心大老官kōng xīn dà lǎo guānfake important personage; sham
• 空心菜kōng xīn càiwater spinach; kangkung
• 空心墙kōng xīn qiángcavity wall; hollow wall
• 空心萝卜kōng xīn luó bouseless person
• 空心儿kòng xīn rerhua variant of 空心

Words containing 空心

• 挖空心思wā kōng xīn sito dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains