Chinese symbol for “baseless”
凭空
píng kōng
Traditional: 憑空
baseless (lie); without foundation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for baseless is 凭空 (píng kōng), defined as: baseless (lie); without foundation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “baseless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫须有 (莫須有) | mò xū yǒu | groundless; baseless |
| 悬 (懸) | xuán | to hang or suspend; to worry |
| 空穴来风 (空穴來風) | kōng xué lái fēng | lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom); fig. unfounded (story) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凭空.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凭借 (憑借) | píng jiè | to rely on; to depend on |
| 文凭 (文憑) | wén píng | diploma |
| 凭证 (憑證) | píng zhèng | proof; certificate |
| 任凭 (任憑) | rèn píng | no matter what; despite |
| 凭据 (憑據) | píng jù | evidence |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “baseless”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.