空调
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 3
空调 (kōngtiáo) · air conditioner
空调 (kōngtiáo) means “air conditioner; air conditioning”. It is written with 2 characters: 空 (empty) + 调 (to transfer). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 空调 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)
调 diào · to transfer
What 调 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 周zhōu — Zhou dynasty
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 周 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
房间里太热了，开空调吧。Fángjiān li tài rè le, kāi kōngtiáo ba.It's too hot in the room, let's turn on the air conditioner.
你家的空调坏了吗？Nǐ jiā de kōngtiáo huài le ma?Is your air conditioner broken?
Questions about 空调
What does 空调 mean?
空调 (kōngtiáo) means “air conditioner; air conditioning”.
How do you pronounce 空调?
空调 is pronounced kōngtiáo.
Which HSK level is 空调?
空调 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 空气kōngqìair
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 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 空调 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 29: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.