填空 tián kòng
“to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)”
verbHSK 4 · 2021 list level 4
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
No exact written-form entry for 填空 was found in our transcription of the 2025 exam syllabus. This does not establish a level for compounds, variants or unlisted uses.
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用法How to use 填空
填空 means to fill in a blank, and it is used mostly for exam or exercise questions where a word or short answer is missing. It works as a verb and usually appears after 用… ("用这个词填空") or in the noun 填空题 ("fill-in-the-blank question"). It does not take the blank itself as an object.
例句Example sentences
- 请用正确的词填空。qǐng yòng zhèng què de cí tián kòng.Please fill in the blanks with the correct words.
- 这道填空题很简单，我一分钟就做完了。zhè dào tián kòng tí hěn jiǎn dān, wǒ yì fēn zhōng jiù zuò wán le.This fill-in-the-blank question is easy; I finished it in a minute.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗请填空这个空。
✓请填这个空。
填空 already contains the object 空, so it cannot take 这个空 as another object; to name a specific blank, use 填 + blank (or 把这个空填上).
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✗这次考试有很多填空提。
✓这次考试有很多填空题。
The word for a question is 题, not 提; a fill-in-the-blank question is 填空题.