地球

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 ball; sphere
simp. and trad.
(地球)		 地 球

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

地球

  1. the Earth; globe; world; the planet (Classifier: 個／个)

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地球):

References

  1. ↑ Huang Heqing (黃河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献, 2003

Japanese

地球 (chikyū): the globe, the Earth.
Kanji in this term
地 球
ち
Grade: 2		 きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 地球, coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

地球 (hiragana ちきゅう, rōmaji Chikyū, historical hiragana ちきう)

  1. (astronomy, mythology) Earth; Terra
    地 (ち)球 (きゅう)は２ (にじゅう)４ (よ)時 (じ)間 (かん)毎 (ごと)に１ (いっ)回 (かい)自転 (じてん)します。
    Chikyū wa nijūyo jikan goto ni ikkaijiten shimasu.
    The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.
    地 (ち)球 (きゅう)は太陽系 (たいようけい)の第３惑星 (だいさんわくせい)です。
    Chikyū wa taiyōkei no daisan wakusei desu.
    The Earth is the third planet of the Solar System.
    それでも地 (ち)球 (きゅう)は動 (うご)く。
    Sore de mo chikyū wa ugoku.
    And yet the Earth moves.
    • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世せ界かい名めい作さく童どう話わ第だい３巻かん うらしま太た郎ろう [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 3: Urashima Tarō]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 117:
      地 (ち)球 (きゅう)は、サルのわく星になっていましたとさ。
      Chikyū wa, saru no wakusei ni natteimashita to sa.
      Meanwhile, Earth became the planet of the apes.
    • 1999 October 17, “異い次じ元げんからの侵しん略りゃく者しゃ [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, in Booster 5 (in Japanese), Konami:
      銀 (ぎん)河 (が)系 (けい)の外 (そと)から地 (ち)球 (きゅう)にやってきた宇 (う)宙 (ちゅう)人 (じん)。
      Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.
      An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Huang Heqing (黃河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献, 2003
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
地球

Proper noun

地球 • (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

  1. Hanja form? of 지구 (“Earth”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
地球

Proper noun

地球

  1. Hán tự form of Địa Cầu, “Earth”
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