空洞
kōngdòng
hollow; empty; vacuous
Characters in this word
洞 dòng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 同 same, similar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这篇演讲口号太多，论证却显得空洞。 Zhè piān yǎnjiǎng kǒuhào tài duō, lùnzhèng què xiǎnde kōngdòng. This speech has too many slogans, while its argumentation seems hollow.
- 他的发言很空洞，听了半天也不知道想说什么。 Tā de fāyán hěn kōngdòng, tīng le bàntiān yě bù zhīdào xiǎng shuō shénme. His speech was hollow; after listening for ages I still did not know what he wanted to say.
- 这样空洞的话说多了，大家就不爱听了。 Zhèyàng kōngdòng de huà shuō duō le, dàjiā jiù bú ài tīng le. When you keep saying such empty words, people stop wanting to listen.