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空调

kōng tiáo

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 空調 Measure word 台

空调 (kōng tiáo) means "air conditioning". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 空调 means

1. air conditioning
2. air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)

The characters in 空调

• 空kōngempty; air; sky
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend

Example sentences

• 空调坏了。
  The air conditioner has got out of order.
• 我不喜欢空调
  I don't like air conditioning.
• 空调故障了。
  The air conditioner doesn't work.
• 房间有没有空调？
  Does the room have air conditioning?
• 这个房间有空调。
  This room is air-conditioned.
• 室外的空调很便宜。
  Shìwài de kōngtiáo hěn piányi.
  External air conditioners are quite cheap.

Words starting with 空调

• 空调车kōng tiáo chēair conditioned vehicle
• 空调房kōng tiáo fángair-conditioned room
• 空调病kōng tiáo bìngadverse effects caused by prolonged air-conditioning exposure, including dizziness…

Words containing 空调

• 中央空调zhōng yāng kōng tiáocentral air conditioning; (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男
• 蒸发空调zhēng fā kōng tiáoevaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler

Where 空调 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Kitchen, Utensils & Appliances (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kōng tiáo correctly.
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