真空

zhēnkōng

noun HSK 7-9 #13,937

Meanings

1 vacuum (physics)
2 (figurative) void; gap; vacuum

Characters

Examples

声音在真空中无法传播。

Shēngyīn zài zhēnkōng zhōng wúfǎ chuánbō.

Sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

领导离开后出现了权力真空。

Lǐngdǎo líkāi hòu chūxiàn le quánlì zhēnkōng.

A power vacuum appeared after the leader left.

Tips

usage

Used both literally (physics) and figuratively: 权力真空 (power vacuum), 真空地带 (no-man's-land). Also used in 真空包装 (vacuum-sealed packaging).

Stroke Order

真 zhēn

空 kōng