空闲

空闲 kòngxián

Leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant^†

空闲 in a sentence HSK 5 繁體空閒 kongxian

What 空闲 means

Leisure; spare time^†
(of a person) free; unoccupied^†
(of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 空闲, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

空闲 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

空

kōng

Leave (empty - space - sky)

闲

xián

Idle (unused - unoccupied - leisure)

Words that share a character with 空闲

How to write 空闲

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空闲 in a sentence

你什么时候有空闲？

Nǐ shénme shíhou yǒu kòngxián?

When are you free?

空闲的时候他喜欢看书。

Kòngxián de shíhou tā xǐhuan kàn shū.

He likes reading in his free time.

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Questions about 空闲

What does 空闲 mean in English?

空闲 is pronounced kòngxián and means Leisure; spare time, (of a person) free; unoccupied, (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant †.

How do you pronounce 空闲?

空闲 is kòngxián in pinyin — written kongxian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 空闲?

空闲 is written with 2 characters: 空 (kōng) Leave (empty - space - sky), 闲 (xián) Idle (unused - unoccupied - leisure). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 空闲 written in traditional Chinese?

空閒. The simplified form 空闲 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 空閒 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced kòngxián.

Is 空闲 an HSK word?

Yes — 空闲 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Studied around the same time

刻苦 kèkǔ 客观 kèguān 课程 kèchéng 空间 kōngjiān 控制 kòngzhì 口味 kǒuwèi 夸 kuā 夸张 kuāzhāng

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