VocabularyHSK 3 · core

空调

kōngtiáo

air conditioner

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

请开空调。
Turn on the AC, please.
空调坏了。
AC broke.

Collocations

开空调一台空调中央空调

Mnemonic

空调 kōngtiáo "air conditioner" — abbreviation of 空气调节 ("air regulation"). 空 + 调 (regulate, traditional 調). Measure: 台 tái. Korean/Japanese borrow "air-con / エアコン".

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