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真空

zhēnkōng

vacuum; vacuum state

Tiny particles drift away from an empty glass bell jar
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Characters in this word

真 zhēn

Strokes
10
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
直 straight, vertical 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

空 kōng

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

Example phrases

  • 为了防止样品被空气污染,实验室必须在真空环境下完成封装。 Wèile fángzhǐ yàngpǐn bèi kōngqì wūrǎn, shíyànshì bìxū zài zhēnkōng huánjìng xià wánchéng fēngzhuāng. To prevent the sample from being contaminated by air, the laboratory must complete the sealing in a vacuum environment.
  • 真空包装的食品可以保存更久。 Zhēnkōng bāozhuāng de shípǐn kěyǐ bǎocún gèng jiǔ. Food in vacuum packaging can be kept for longer.
  • 声音无法在真空中传播。 Shēngyīn wúfǎ zài zhēnkōng zhōng chuánbō. Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.

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