天空

天空

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (天空)		天	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-khûng
• Min Dong (BUC): tiĕng-kŭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-khong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ kong¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): thi khon (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiankong
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hung¹
    • Yale: tīn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ hung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ kung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ kung¹
    • IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-kŭng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-khong
    • Tâi-lô: thian-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienqofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ kong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ khong
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ kʰoŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: thi khon (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

天空

1. sky; heavens; firmament

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

Derived terms

天空實驗室／天空实验室 天空海闊／天空海阔 海濶天空 海闊天空／海阔天空 (hǎikuòtiānkōng)

海闊從魚躍，天空任鳥飛／海阔从鱼跃，天空任鸟飞 退一步海闊天空／退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng) 雲淨天空／云净天空 雲過天空／云过天空

Adjective

天空

1. (literary, of the sky) open and vast

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	空
てん Grade: 1	くう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) てんくう [tèńkúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

天空 (hiragana てんくう, rōmaji tenkū)

1. sky, ether, air, firmament

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/天空#Noun

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN