Chinese word

空白

Pronunciation

Pinyinkòng bái

Meaning

  • nounblank

Example

别留下空白，都填好。bié liú xià kòng bái dōu tián hǎo

Don't leave any blanks; fill them all in.

Illustration for 空白 (blank)

More examples

请在表格的空白处签名。qǐng zài biǎo gé de kòng bái chù qiān míng

Please sign in the blank space on the form.

Core concept

An unmarked space that represents either room left open or content still missing.

Common phrases

  • 空白处kòng bái chù

    blank space

  • 填写空白tián xiě kòng bái

    fill in the blank

  • 留下空白liú xià kòng bái

    leave a blank

Similar words

空格kòng gé: The empty space between characters created with the keyboard's space bar.
空位kòng wèi: A place, seat, or position that no one is using at present.
留白liú bái: A clear area deliberately left open in writing or a design.

Definition in Chinese

书写或输入文本时没有字符的空间，也可指资料或项目中缺失或留置未填的部分。shū xiě huò shū rù wén běn shí méi yǒu zì fú de kōng jiān yě kě zhǐ zī liào huò xiàng mù zhōng quē shī huò liú zhì wèi tián de bù fèn

Word origin

空 (kòng, "empty") + 白 (bái, "white") combine in 空白 (kòngbái, "blank") to evoke an unmarked surface and extend that image to missing information.

Usage tips

  • For keyboard input, the key that inserts a space is named separately from 空白 (kòngbái, "blank"); this word refers to the resulting open area or an unfilled part, not to the key itself.

Other meanings

  • white spacenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 空白页kòng bái yèblank pagenoun
  • 空白期kòng bái qīblank periodnoun

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