Chinese words starting with “kong”
20 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable kong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial k · final ong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 11
- 3rd tone 5
- 4th tone 4
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 控制kòng zhìHSK 5
to control
- 空间kōng jiānHSK 4
space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- 恐怖kǒng bùHSK 7
terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist
- 空气kōng qìHSK 2
air; atmosphere
- 恐怕kǒng pàHSK 3
fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- 空调kōng tiáoHSK 3
air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
- 空儿kòng rHSK 3
spare time; free time
All 20 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 空 | kōng | a,v,g,d | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 2 | 空中 | kōng zhōng | s | in the sky; in the air | |
| 3 | 恐惧 | kǒng jù | an,a | to be frightened; fear; dread | |
| 4 | 空军 | kōng jūn | n | air force | |
| 5 | 孔 | kǒng | n,nr,q | hole; classifier for cave dwellings | |
| 6 | 空白 | kòng bái | n | blank space | |
| 7 | 恐慌 | kǒng huāng | an,a | panic; panicky; panic-stricken | |
| 8 | 恐龙 | kǒng lóng | n | dinosaur; (old) (slang) ugly person | |
| 9 | 空虚 | kōng xū | a | hollow; emptiness; meaningless | |
| 10 | 恐吓 | kǒng hè | v,vn | to threaten; to menace | |
| 11 | 空前 | kōng qián | a,ad | unprecedented | |
| 12 | 空地 | kōng dì | n | air-to-surface (missile) | |
| 13 | 控告 | kòng gào | v,vn | to accuse; to charge; to indict | |
| 14 | 空洞 | kōng dòng | a,n | cavity; empty; vacuous | |
| 15 | 空闲 | kòng xián | n,v,a | idle; free time; leisure; unused (place) | |
| 16 | 空隙 | kòng xì | n | crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events | |
| 17 | 空荡荡 | kōng dàng dàng | z | empty; deserted | |
| 18 | 空难 | kōng nàn | n | air crash; aviation accident or incident | |
| 19 | 空想 | kōng xiǎng | n,v | daydream; fantasy; to fantasize | |
| 20 | 空前绝后 | kōng qián jué hòu | v | unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique |
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