地球

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 地球 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 地球 (Wu)
• 地球 (Cantonese)
• 地球 (Gan)
• Thi-khiù (Hakka)

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci (Huang, 2003).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

地球

2. (astronomy) the Earth

   地球自轉／地球自转  ―  dìqiú zìzhuàn  ―  the Earth rotates; Earth's rotation

   地球繞太陽公轉。 [MSC, trad.]
   地球绕太阳公转。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn.

   The earth revolves around the sun.

Coordinate terms

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (Dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

Derived terms

Related terms

• 日球 (Rìqiú)
• 月球 (Yuèqiú)

Descendants

Others:

• → Vietnamese: Trái Đất (calque)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

地球

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Earth

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Chinese 地球 (Dìqiú), coined by Matteo Ricci.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちきゅう (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

地(ち)球(きゅう) • (Chikyū) ^{←ちきう (tikiu)?}

2. (astronomy, mythology) Earth; Terra

   地(ち)球(きゅう)は24(にじゅうよ)時(じ)間(かん)で１(いっ)回(かい)自(じ)転(てん)します。

   Chikyū wa nijūyo-jikan de ikkai jiten shimasu.

   The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.

   地(ち)球(きゅう)は太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の第(だい)３(さん)惑(わく)星(せい)です。

   Chikyū wa taiyōkei no dai-san wakusei desu.

   The Earth is the third planet of the Solar System.

   それでも地(ち)球(きゅう)は動(うご)く。

   sore de mo Chikyū wa ugoku.

   And yet the Earth moves.

   • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)３(さん)巻(かん) うらしま太(た)郎(ろう) (世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)３(さん)巻(かん) うらしま太(た)郎(ろう))”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 117:

     地(ち)球(きゅう)は、サルのわく星(せい)になっていましたとさ。

     Chikyū wa, saru no wakusei ni natteimashita to sa.

     Meanwhile, Earth became the planet of the apes.

   • 1999 October 17, “異(い)次(じ)元(げん)からの侵(しん)略(りゃく)者(しゃ)”, in Booster 5, Konami:

     銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい)の外(そと)から地(ち)球(きゅう)にやってきた宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)。

     Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.

     An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.

Derived terms

Related terms

• The template Template:list:planets of the Solar System/ja does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}
• ガイア (Gaia): Gaia or Gaea, the Greek goddess of the Earth

References

Korean

Proper noun

地球 • (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

1. Hanja form^? of 지구 (“Earth”).

Vietnamese

Noun

地球

1. chữ Hán form of địa cầu (“globe”).

Proper noun

地球

1. chữ Hán form of Địa Cầu (“Earth”).