上空

上空

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (上空)		上	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ hung¹
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-khong / siāng-khong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqkong
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: seuhng hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ hung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-khong
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngqofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-khong
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngqofng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

上空

1. the sky above
2. airspace

Synonyms

• (airspace): 空域 (kōngyù), 領空／领空 (lǐngkōng)

Adjective

上空

1. (Taiwan) shirtless; topless

Derived terms

上空裝／上空装 (shàngkōngzhuāng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	空
じょう Grade: 1	くう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

上空 (hiragana じょうくう, rōmaji jōkū)

1. the skies, the air high above