凭空

憑空

píngkōng

adverb #9,115

Meanings

1 out of thin air
2 without basis
3 groundlessly

Characters

to lean on; based on; by

empty; air; void

Examples

你不能凭空捏造事实。

Nǐ bùnéng píngkōngniēzào shìshí.

You can't fabricate facts out of thin air.

这些谣言是凭空编出来的。

Zhèxiē yáoyán shì píngkōng biān chūlái de.

These rumors were made up out of nothing.

他凭空消失了。

Tā píngkōng xiāoshī le.

He vanished into thin air.

Tips

usage

凭空 emphasizes that something has no foundation or evidence. Often used with negative actions: 凭空捏造 (fabricate), 凭空想象 (imagine without basis), 凭空消失 (vanish without trace).

Stroke Order

凭 píng

空 kōng