空地 (kòngdì) — open space, vacant land

Characters in this word

Strokes: 8
Radical: 穴 — cave, den, hole
Made of: 穴 cave, den, hole 工 labor, work
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 6
Radical: 土 — soil, earth
Made of: 土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

市中心很难找到大块空地，新的停车场只能建在郊外。 Shì zhōngxīn hěn nán zhǎodào dà kuài kòngdì, xīn de tíngchēchǎng zhǐ néng jiàn zài jiāowài. It is hard to find large open spaces in the city centre, so the new car park can only be built in the suburbs.
小区旁边有一块空地，孩子们常在那里踢球。 Xiǎoqū pángbiān yǒu yí kuài kòngdì, háizimen cháng zài nàli tī qiú. Next to the housing estate is a patch of open ground where children often play football.
村里把那片空地改成了菜园，大家轮流浇水。 Cūn li bǎ nà piàn kòngdì gǎi chéng le càiyuán, dàjiā lúnliú jiāo shuǐ. The village turned that vacant land into a vegetable garden, and everyone takes turns watering it.