居民走後,房子就空了。

After the residents leave, the house is empty.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 居民 mín resident; inhabitant
2 zǒu
  1. to walk
  2. to go
  3. to run
  4. to move (of vehicle)
  5. to visit
  6. to leave
  7. to go away
  8. to die (euph.)
  9. from
  10. through
  11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 chèzǒu)
  12. to change (shape, form, meaning)
3 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
4 房子 fángzi
  1. house
  2. building (single- or two-story)
  3. apartment
  4. room

classifiers: , , , ,

5 jiù
  1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
  2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
  3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
  4. only; as little as
  5. as much as; as many as
  6. to approach; to move towards
  7. to undertake; to engage in
  8. (often followed by zhe) taking advantage of
  9. (of food) to go with
  10. with regard to; concerning
  11. (pattern: jiù ... ...) even if ... still ...
  12. (pattern: ... jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...
=6 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
=6 kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
=6 kǒng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
  2. alternative form of (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
=7 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=7 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=7 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=7 liào unofficial variant of liào