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空调

kōng tiáo · kong tiao

Traditional 空調

HSK 3Measure word: 台 tái

Meaning

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  1. air conditioning
  2. air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
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The missing remote

  1. Dengdeng

    太(tài)热(rè)了(le)！开(kāi)空调(kōngtiáo)吧(ba)。

    It's so hot! Turn on the air conditioner.

  2. Liangliang

    遥控器(yáokòngqì)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Where's the remote?

  3. Dengdeng

    刚才(gāngcái)在(zài)沙发(shāfā)上(shàng)。

    It was on the sofa just now.

  4. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)！没有(méiyǒu)遥控器(yáokòngqì)，空调(kōngtiáo)开(kāi)不(bù)了(liǎo)。

    It's not there! Without it the AC won't turn on.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)去(qù)冰箱(bīngxiāng)拿(ná)水(shuǐ)……咦(yí)，遥控器(yáokòngqì)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)！

    I'll get water from the fridge... hey, the remote is here!

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)把(bǎ)空调(kōngtiáo)遥控器(yáokòngqì)放(fàng)进(jìn)冰箱(bīngxiāng)？

    Why did you put the AC remote in the fridge?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)要(yào)个(gè)有(yǒu)空(kōng)调(tiáo)的(de)房(fáng)间(jiān)。

I would like an air-conditioned room.

Tatoeba: Chinese by yujianing · English by lukaszpp · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)车(chē)配(pèi)备(bèi)了(le)空(kōng)调(tiáo)。

Our car is equipped with air conditioning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Lumi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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空
kōng

empty; air

调
diào

to transfer; to move (troops or cadres)

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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