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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-khon

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-khûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai kung^ˊ
  - 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

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)