空气
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
空气 (kōngqì) · air
空气 (kōngqì) means “air”. It is written with 2 characters: 空 (empty) + 气 (air). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 空气 is built
The characters
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)
气 qì · air
What 气 is made of
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: A person 亻 breathing air (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的空气很好。Zhèlǐ de kōngqì hěn hǎo.The air here is very good.
外面的空气怎么样？Wàimiàn de kōngqì zěnmeyàng?How is the air outside?
Questions about 空气
What does 空气 mean?
空气 (kōngqì) means “air”.
How do you pronounce 空气?
空气 is pronounced kōngqì.
Which HSK level is 空气?
空气 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 空调kōngtiáoair conditioner
- 空儿kòngrspare time
- 天空tiānkōngsky
- 航空hángkōngaviation
- 空间kōngjiānspace
- 填空tiánkòngto fill in the blanks
- 空闲kòngxiánspare time
- 空洞kōngdòngempty
- 空前绝后kōngqiánjuéhòuunprecedented and unrepeatable
Learn 空气 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.