空旷

空曠

kōngkuàng

adjective #15,346

Meanings

1 spacious and empty
2 open; vast
3 void

Characters

Examples

他们来到一片空旷的草地上。

Tāmen láidào yī piàn kōngkuàng de cǎodì shàng.

They arrived at an open, empty grassland.

空旷的广场上只有几个人。

Kōngkuàng de guǎngchǎng shàng zhǐyǒu jǐ gè rén.

There were only a few people in the vast, empty square.

Tips

usage

空旷 emphasizes both spaciousness AND emptiness — a large area with little in it. Compare 宽阔 (kuānkuò) which means 'wide/broad' without implying emptiness.

Stroke Order

空 kōng

旷 kuàng