空中
Chinese
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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simp. and trad. (空中) | 空 | 中 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
空中
- (attributive) aerial; in the air; in the sky
Noun
空中
- air; sky; overhead
Derived terms
Derived terms from 空中
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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空 | 中 |
くう Grade: 1 | ちゅう Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle Chinese 空中 (MC kʰuŋ ʈɨuŋ, “sky; air + middle”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) くうちゅう [kùúchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːt͡ɕɨᵝː]
Noun
空中 (hiragana くうちゅう, rōmaji kūchū)
- midair; the air; the sky
- 空中で回る
- kūchū de mawaru
- to spin around in the air
- 空中で回る
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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空 | 中 |
Noun
空中 • (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)
- Hanja form? of 공중 (“the air”).