HSK 3 · Home & Housing

空调

kōng tiáo

air conditioner

Stroke order of 空调

2 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

空 · 8 strokes 调 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

A machine that '调' adjusts the '空' empty air in a cave: an air conditioner.

Parts: 空 empty, air (穴 cave + 工 work) + 调 adjust (讠 speech + 周)

The characters in 空调

空 kōng — empty; sky (8 strokes)
调 diào — to transfer; tone (10 strokes)

Example sentence

天气太热了，快开空调吧！

It's too hot, turn on the air conditioner!

Words with 空

空气air 有空儿to be free 天空sky 空empty; sky 空儿free time

Words with 调

调整to adjust 强调to emphasize 调查to investigate; survey 调to transfer; tone

More words: Home & Housing

刀knife 房东landlord 房租rent 房屋house; building 屋子room; house 搬to move (sth)搬家to move house 单元unit; apartment block entrance 家具furniture 沙发sofa 书架bookshelf 衣架clothes hanger 卫生间bathroom; toilet 室room 被子quilt 收音机radio 板board; plank

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