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 yīpiàn 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 gèrén.

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