空中

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngzhōng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjong
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ zung¹
  - Yale: hūng jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ zung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung´ zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ zung¹
  - IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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/

Adjective

空中

(attributive) aerial; in the air; in the sky

Noun

空中

air; sky; overhead

Derived terms

空中客車／空中客车 (Kōngzhōng Kèchē)
空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě)
空中樓閣／空中楼阁
空中管制

空中花園／空中花园
空中警察
空中飛人／空中飞人
空中飛車／空中飞车 (kōngzhōng fēichē)

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

空中 (hiragana くうちゅう, rōmaji kūchū)

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

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	中

Noun

空中 • (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)

Hanja form^? of 공중 (“the air”).

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