In the sky in Chinese
in the sky · HSK 5
空中
- 空 empty
- 中 middle
几只鸟在空中飞来飞去。 A few birds are flying around in the sky.
Other ways to say in the sky
More words with 空 or 中
How do you say in the sky in Chinese?
In the sky in Chinese is 空中 (kōng zhōng). You can also say 天上 (tiān shàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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