空心

kōngxīn
  1. hollow
  2. (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside
  3. (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)

CEDICT

  1. (attributive) hollow (not solid)
  2. (literary) to have nothing in mind
  3. hollow (not solid)
  4. to become hollow
  5. to have nothing in mind

Wiktionary

投球直中篮圈，称为「空心」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

空心 kòngxīn on an empty stomach

Examples

狐狸躲在了空心树里面。

The fox hid in the hollow tree.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
2 心 xīn
  1. heart
  2. mind
  3. intention
  4. center
  5. core

classifiers: 顆, 個

Containing this entry

空心大老官 kōngxīndàlǎoguān
  1. fake important personage
  2. sham
空心墙 kōngxīnqiáng
  1. cavity wall
  2. hollow wall
空心球 kōngxīnqiú
  1. hollow ball
  2. (basketball) swish shot
空心老大 kōngxīnlǎodà pretentious and vacuous person
空心菜 kōngxīncài see 蕹菜 wèngcài
空心萝卜 kōngxīnluóbo useless person
空心面 kōngxīnmiàn macaroni
空心病 kōngxīnbìng

Related entries

中空 zhōngkōng
  1. hollow
  2. empty interior
空虚 kōngxū
  1. hollow
  2. emptiness
  3. meaningless
没有他我的生活是空虚的。

My life is hollow without him.

Source: Tatoeba

芤 kōu
  1. hollow
  2. scallion stalk
夼 kuǎng
  1. low ground
  2. hollow
  3. depression (used in Shandong place names)
空空洞洞 kōngkōngdòngdòng
  1. empty
  2. hollow
  3. lacking in substance
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