Chinese

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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)
simp. #(空中)
anagram 中空

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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空中

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

Noun

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空中

  1. air; sky; overhead

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くう)(ちゅう) (kūchū

  1. midair; the air; the sky
    空中(くうちゅう)(まわ)
    kūchū de mawaru
    to spin around in the air
    空中(くうちゅう)(なが)める
    kūchū o nagameru
    to stare off into nothingness

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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空中 (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)

  1. hanja form? of 공중 (the air)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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空中

  1. chữ Hán form of không trung (the air).