- 防空洞 fángkōngdòng air-raid shelterAn underground shelter or tunnel built for protection against enemy air raids.
- 空洞无物 kōngdòngwúwù devoid of substance(idiom) utterly lacking in substance or meaning; describes speech or writing that is empty, shallow, and has no real content
- 空空洞洞 kōngkōngdòngdòng emptycompletely empty or bare; wide and vacant (used for physical spaces like rooms or caves)
- 空洞洞 kōngdòngdòng emptyempty; deserted; describing a state of being spacious and void of people or things
- 臭氧层空洞 chòuyǎngcéngkōngdòng ozone holea region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, allowing harmful ultraviolet radiation to reach the surface of the earth
- 臭氧空洞 chòuyǎngkōngdòng ozone holea region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, especially over the Antarctic