空虚
kōngxū
empty; hollow; void
Characters in this word
虚 xū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虍 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 业 business, profession
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 物质条件改善后，他反而感到一种难以言说的空虚。 Wùzhì tiáojiàn gǎishàn hòu, tā fǎn'ér gǎndào yì zhǒng nányǐ yánshuō de kōngxū. After his material circumstances improved, he instead felt a kind of emptiness that was hard to express.
- 孩子们搬走以后，老人心里觉得很空虚。 Háizimen bān zǒu yǐhòu, lǎorén xīnli juéde hěn kōngxū. After the children moved out, the old man felt very empty inside.
- 他每天只玩手机，生活过得又空虚又无聊。 Tā měitiān zhǐ wán shǒujī, shēnghuó guò de yòu kōngxū yòu wúliáo. All he does every day is play on his phone, and his life is empty and boring.