空城

kōngchéng

abandoned city; empty city

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
=1 空 kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
=1 空 kǒng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
  2. alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
2 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個

Containing this entry

空城计 kōngchéngjì the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff