空中

Chinese edit

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (空中)		空	中
simp. ^#(空中)		空	中
anagram		中空

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûng-chûng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khong-tiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ dang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kōngzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kongjhong
  - Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chung¹
  - Yale: kūng-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjong
  - Palladius: кунчжун (kunčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ zung¹
  - Yale: hūng jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung´ zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: khong-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong¹ dang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong tang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ taŋ³³/

Adjective edit

空中

(attributive) aerial; in the air; in the sky
空中梯隊／空中梯队 ― kōngzhōng tīduì ― air echelon

Noun edit

空中

air; sky; overhead

Synonyms edit

半空 (bànkōng)

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
空	中
くう Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 空中 (MC khuwng trjuwng, “sky; air + middle”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) くうちゅう [kùúchúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːt͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun edit

空(くう)中(ちゅう) • (kūchū)

midair; the air; the sky
空中(くうちゅう)で回(まわ)る
kūchū de mawaru
to spin around in the air

空中(くうちゅう)を眺(なが)める
kūchū o nagameru
to stare off into nothingness

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
空	中

Noun edit

空中 • (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)

Hanja form^? of 공중 (“the air”).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
空	中

Noun edit

空中

chữ Hán form of không trung (“the air”).

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