星空

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
simp. and trad. (星空)		星	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ hung¹
Min Nan (POJ): seng-khong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīngkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingkong
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: sing¹ hung¹
  - Yale: sīng hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ hung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    升空
    星空
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-khong
  - Tâi-lô: sing-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengqofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/

Noun

星空

starry sky

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	空
ほし Grade: 2	そら > ぞら Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

星 (hoshi, “star”) +‎ 空 (sora, “sky”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほしぞら [hòshízórá] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) ほしぞら [hòshízóꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕizo̞ɾa̠]

Noun

星空 (hiragana ほしぞら, rōmaji hoshizora)

starry sky
- 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい27話わ　直なお人との想おもい [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:
  きれいな星 (ほし)空 (ぞら)だね
  Kirei na hoshizora da ne
  Look at that beautiful starry sky
  そうね
  Sō ne
  It is, isn’t it?
  あ　流 (なが)れ星 (ぼし)
  A nagareboshi
  Ah, a shooting star
  何 (なに)か　願 (ねが)い事 (ごと)した？
  Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
  What’d you wish for?
  ——うん　このシーンが１コマでも長 (なが)く続 (つづ)きますようにって
  ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte
  ——Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever
  ……作 (さく)者 (しゃ)思 (おも)いだね
  ……Sakusha omoi da ne
  ……Typical author’s wish, huh?
- 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい27話わ　直なお人との想おもい [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
  きれいな星 (ほし)空 (ぞら)だね
  Kirei na hoshizora da ne
  Look at that beautiful starry sky
  ……また始 (はじ)まったな
  ……Mata hajimatta na
  ……It’s happened again
  あ　流 (なが)れ星 (ぼし)
  A nagareboshi
  Ah, a shooting star
  何 (なに)か　願 (ねが)い事 (ごと)した？
  Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
  What’d you wish for?
  どうぞ編 (へん)集 (しゅう)長 (ちょう)が怒 (おこ)りませんようにって……
  Dōzo henshūchō ga okorimasen yō nitte……
  I wished the editor-in-chief wouldn’t be mad at me……
  —大 (だい)丈 (じょう)夫 (ぶ)　やさしい人 (ひと)だもん
  —Daijōbu yasashii hito da mon
  —Don’t worry, he’s very easy-going
  いいかげんにしろ！
  Iikagen ni shiro!
  You irresponsible bastard!

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