太空

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (太空)		太	空
simp. #(太空)		太	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàikōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hung¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-khûng
• Eastern Min (BUC): tái-kŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thài-khong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tai³ kong¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tha-khon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàikōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàikong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: tài-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taykong
    • Palladius: тайкун (tajkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ hung¹
    • Yale: taai hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai kung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tái-kŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)uŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-khong
    • Tâi-lô: thài-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'qofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tai³ kong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thài khong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰoŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-khon
    • MiniDict: tha^去 khon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-khon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ kʰoŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

太空

1. outer space

   探索太空  ―  tànsuǒ tàikōng  ―  to explore outer space

Synonyms

• 外層空間／外层空间 (wàicéng kōngjiān)
• 宇宙空間／宇宙空间 (yǔzhòu kōngjiān)

Derived terms

• 太空人 (tàikōngrén)
• 太空垃圾 (tàikōng lājī)
• 太空探索 (tàikōng tànsuǒ)
• 太空科學／太空科学 (tàikōng kēxué)
• 太空站 (tàikōngzhàn)