"Hollow" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 空虚 | kōng xū | hollow / emptiness / meaningless |   |
| 虚空 | xū kōng | void / hollow / empty | |
| 空心 | kōng xīn | hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop) | |
| 中空 | zhōng kōng | hollow / empty interior | |
| 凹陷 | āo xiàn | to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed | |
| 空空如也 | kōng kōng rú yě | as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) | |
| 挖空 | wā kōng | to excavate / to hollow | |
| 浮 |  fú | to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus | |
| 坳 | ào | depression / cavity / hollow / Taiwan pr. [ao1] | |
| 芤 | kōu | hollow / scallion stalk | |
| 夼 | kuǎng | low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names) | |
| 膕 | guó | hollow | |
| 窾 | kuǎn | crack / hollow / cavity / to excavate or hollow out / (onom.) water hitting rock / (old) variant of 款[kuan3] | |
| 俭腹 | jiǎn fù | lit. empty belly / hollow / vacuous / devoid of content | |
| 空空洞洞 | kōng kōng dòng dòng | empty / hollow / lacking in substance | |
| 削瘦 | xuē shòu | thin / lean / slender / skinny / (of cheeks) hollow | |
| 掌心 | zhǎng xīn | hollow of the palm | |
| 干笑 | gān xiào | to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1] | |
| 华而不实 | huá ér bù shí | flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy | |
| 眼 | yǎn | eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 空心球 | kōng xīn qiú | hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot | |
| 窝 | wō | nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods | |
| 膛 | táng | chest (of body) / hollow space / throat | |
| 枵 | xiāo | empty / hollow of a tree | |
| 鬲 | lì | ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs | |
| 窅 | yǎo | sunken eyes / deep and hollow / remote and obscure / variant of 杳[yao3] | |
| 溛 | wā | to form hollow / pit | |
| 敔 | yǔ | percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick | |
| 手心里 | shǒu xīn li | hollow of one's hand | |
| 空心墙 | kōng xīn qiáng | cavity wall / hollow wall | |
| 腘窝 | guó wō | popliteal (anatomy) / hollow at the back of the knee | |
| 锥形装药 | zhuī xíng zhuāng yào | hollow charge / shaped charge | |
| 空心装药 | hollow charge / shaped charge | | |
| 聚能装药 | jù néng zhuāng yào | hollow charge / shaped charge | |
| 壳层 | hollow core / shell | | |
| 掏空 | tāo kōng | to hollow out / to empty out / to use up / (finance) tunneling | |
