空心村

kōngxīncūn

noun

Measure Word

一个空心村 gè

Meanings

1 hollowed-out village (rural village emptied by youth migration to cities)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

年轻人都去城里打工，只剩老人孩子的空心村越来越多。

Niánqīngrén dōu qù chéngli dǎgōng, zhǐ shèng lǎorén háizi de kōngxīncūn yuèláiyuè duō.

Young people all leave to work in the cities, and there are more and more hollowed-out villages with only old people and children left.

HSK 7-9

很多偏远地区已经变成了空心村。

Hěnduō piānyuǎn dìqū yǐjīng biànchéng le kōngxīncūn.

Many remote areas have already become hollowed-out villages.

Tips

culture

A recurring topic in Chinese social reporting since the 2000s. The phrase captures both the literal emptiness (empty houses, untilled fields) and the social crisis of left-behind elderly (留守老人) and children (留守儿童).

Stroke Order

空 kōng

心 xīn

村 cūn