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太空

太空

Chinese

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

Noun

太空

outer space

Derived terms

太空人 (tàikōngrén)

Synonyms

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tàikōng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-khûng
Min Nan (POJ): thài-khong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tàikōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taykong
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ hung¹
  - Yale: taai hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːi̯³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-khûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai kung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ kung¹
  - IPA: /tʰa̯i⁵⁵ kʰuŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-khong
  - Tâi-lô: thài-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tae'qofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/