空巢
空巢 kōng cháo ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄠˊ hung1 caau4
- empty nest
- a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
Stroke order
Practice writing
Draw 空 (1 of 2) — stroke by stroke.
Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.
Character breakdown
More words with these characters
空
- 上空 shàng kōng ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ soeng6 hung1 the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace
- 填空 tián kòng ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄥˋ tin4 hung1 to fill a job vacancy
- 天空 tiān kōng ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ tin1 hung1 sky
- 太空 tài kōng ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ taai3 hung1 outer space
- 抽空 chōu kòng ㄔㄡ ㄎㄨㄥˋ cau1 hung1 to find the time to do sth
- 时空時空 shí kōng ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄥ si4 hung1 time and place
巢
- 鸟巢鳥巢 niǎo cháo ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ niu5 caau4 bird's nest
- 倾巢傾巢 qīng cháo ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄠˊ king1 caau4 lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us)
- 匪巢 fěi cháo ㄈㄟˇ ㄔㄠˊ fei2 caau4 bandit stronghold
- 卵巢 luǎn cháo ㄌㄨㄢˇ ㄔㄠˊ leon2 caau4 ovary
- 巢湖 Cháo Hú ㄔㄠˊ ㄏㄨˊ caau4 wu4 Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui
- 巢湖 Cháo hú ㄔㄠˊ ㄏㄨˊ caau4 wu4 see 巢湖市[Chao2 hu2 Shi4]
Idioms with these characters
- 唱空城计唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ coeng3 hung1 sing4 gai3 lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- 赤手空拳 chì shǒu kōng quán ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ cek3 sau2 hung1 kyun4 (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
- 翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí ㄈㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ faan1 hung1 ceot1 kei4 to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas
- 海阔天空海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng ㄏㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ hoi2 fut3 tin1 hung1 wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
- 横空出世橫空出世 héng kōng chū shì ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ waang4 hung1 ceot1 sai3 (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success
- 倾巢而出傾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄠˊ ㄦˊ ㄔㄨ king1 caau4 ji4 ceot1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
- 倾巢来犯傾巢來犯 qīng cháo lái fàn ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄠˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄢˋ king1 caau4 loi4 faan6 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
- 鹊巢鸠占鵲巢鳩占 què cháo jiū zhàn ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓㄢˋ the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)