填空
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
填空 (tiánkòng) · to fill in the blanks
填空 (tiánkòng) means “to fill in the blanks”. It is written with 2 characters: 填 (to fill in) + 空 (empty). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 填空 is built
The characters
填 tián · to fill in
What 填 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 真zhēn — real
- 直zhí — straight
- 十 — ten
- 目mù — eye
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 直zhí — straight
Origin hint: 土 gives the meaning, 真 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
空 kōng · empty
What 空 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 穴 gives the meaning, 工 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请用这些词填空。Qǐng yòng zhèxiē cí tiánkòng.Please fill in the blanks with these words.
填空题难不难？Tiánkòng tí nán bu nán?Are the fill-in-the-blank questions hard?
Questions about 填空
What does 填空 mean?
填空 (tiánkòng) means “to fill in the blanks”.
How do you pronounce 填空?
填空 is pronounced tiánkòng.
Which HSK level is 填空?
填空 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 填写tiánxiěto fill in, a form
- 填tiánto fill in
- 空气kōngqìair
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 空调kōngtiáoair conditioner
- 空儿kòngrspare time
- 天空tiānkōngsky
- 航空hángkōngaviation
- 空间kōngjiānspace
- 空闲kòngxiánspare time
Learn 填空 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 10: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.