空难

空難

kōngnàn

noun HSK 7-9 #19,316

Meanings

1 air crash; aviation disaster
2 plane crash

Characters

sky; air; aviation

disaster; catastrophe

Examples

那场空难造成了数百人死亡。

Nà chǎng kōngnàn zàochéng le shùbǎi rén sǐwáng.

That air disaster caused hundreds of deaths.

空难调查通常需要很长时间。

Kōngnàn diàochá tōngcháng xūyào hěn cháng shíjiān.

Air crash investigations usually take a long time.

Tips

usage

空难 is short for 航空灾难 (aviation disaster). The 空 here means 'air/sky' (as in 天空, 航空), not 'empty.'

Stroke Order

空 kōng

难 nán