青空

青空

See also: 靑空

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (青空)		青	空
simp. #(青空)		青	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingkong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: chīng-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingkong
    • Palladius: цинкун (cinkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 清空 青空

Noun

青空

1. (literary) blue sky, azure sky

Synonyms

edit

碧空 (bìkōng) (literary) 碧落 (bìluò) (literary, Taoism) 青天 (qīngtiān) 蒼天／苍天 (cāngtiān) (literary)

蒼旻／苍旻 (cāngmín) (literary) 蒼穹／苍穹 (cāngqióng) (literary) 藍天／蓝天 (lántiān)

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	空
あお Grade: 1	そら > ぞら Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
靑空 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

First cited to the early 1700s.[1]

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 空 (sora, “sky”).[1][2] The sora reading for 空 changes to zora as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The reading was aosora until roughly the mid-Meiji Period.[1] The shift to rendaku pronunciation has been relatively recent.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あおぞ​ら [àózóꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞zo̞ɾa̠]

Noun

青(あお)空(ぞら) • (aozora) ^{←あをぞら (awozora)?}

1. the blue sky; the clear sky

   Synonyms: 碧空 (hekikū), 碧天 (hekiten)

   青空(あおぞら)を見上(みあ)げて故郷(ふるさと)を思(おも)う

   aozora o miagete furusato o omou

   to look up at the blue sky and think of one's hometown

2. (only attributively) the state of being outdoors, in the open, open-air

   Synonyms: 屋外 (okugai), 露天 (roten)

   青空(あおぞら)市場(いちば)

   aozora ichiba

   an open-air market

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 青(あお)空(ぞら)市(いち)場(ば) (aozora ichiba)
• 青(あお)空(ぞら)教(きょう)室(しつ) (aozora kyōshitsu)
• 青(あお)空(ぞら)駐(ちゅう)車(しゃ) (aozora chūsha)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.