How to say “air conditioner” in Chinese

空调

kōngtiáo

air conditioner

noun · HSK 3 · topic “Home and daily life”

“Air conditioner” in Chinese is 空调, kōng tiáo: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

空调 is read kōng tiáo: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

kōng — 1st tonehigh and level, like a long note

tiáo — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

空

kōng — empty; air

On top, 穴 “hole”; below, 工 gōng hints at the sound.

调

tiáo — adjust, tune

On the left, 讠 “speech”. Its second reading is diào, “tone, melody”.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “空调”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 空调. Tap the sound icon to listen.

太热了开空调吧tàirèle,kāikōngtiáobaIt's too hot, let's turn on the AC.
请把空调关了qǐngbǎkōngtiáoguānlePlease turn off the air conditioner.
空调坏了，得找人来修。kōngtiáohuàile,děizhǎorénláixiūThe air conditioner is broken, we need to get someone to fix it.
空调又坏了，怎么办？kōngtiáoyòuhuàile,zěnmebànThe air conditioner broke again — what do we do?
师傅明天来给我们安空调shīfumíngtiānláigěiwǒmenānkōngtiáoThe repairman is coming tomorrow to install our air conditioner.
师傅什么时候来安空调？shīfushénmeshíhouláiānkōngtiáoWhen is the repairman coming to install the air conditioner?

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “air conditioner” in Chinese?

“Air conditioner” in Chinese is 空调, pinyin kōngtiáo.

What does 空调 mean?

空调 (kōngtiáo) means “air conditioner”.

How do you write 空调?

空调 is 2 characters: 空 (kōng) — empty; air; 调 (tiáo) — adjust, tune. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 空调?

空调 is read kōngtiáo. Tones: kōng — first tone, tiáo — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“air conditioner” in the lesson “Appliances at home”

This word is from the topic “Home and daily life” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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