No published English translation for this sentence.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
空空如也
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
02
to have nothing
03
vacuous
04
hollow
05
empty (argument, head etc)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 空空如也 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 空空如也 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 空空如也.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 空空如也.
Directly before
- 里头空空如也1
- 钱包空空如也1
Directly after
- 空空如也啦1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 空空如也
What does 空空如也 mean in Chinese?
空空如也 (kōngkōngrúyě) means as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft.
How do you pronounce 空空如也?
空空如也 is pronounced kōngkōngrúyě.
Is 空空如也 an HSK word?
空空如也 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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