宇宙人

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Chinese

universe; cosmos; macrocosm
universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space; roof, ridgepole and beams
 
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(宇宙人) 		宇宙 人

Pronunciation

Noun

宇宙人

  1. alien; extraterrestrial

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宇宙人):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宇 宙 人
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Grade: 6 		ちゅう
Grade: 6 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
 宇宙人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

宇宙 (uchū, “outer space”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person”)

Pronunciation

Noun

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん) • (uchūjin) ←うちうじん (utiuzin)?

  1. an alien (life form of non-Earth origin)
    Synonyms: 異星人 (iseijin), エイリアン (eirian)
    • 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “宇宙人 [Aliens]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 296:
      まっててくれ宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)　ぼくはかならず会(あ)いに行(い)くからね
      Mattete kure uchūjin Boku wa kanarazu ai ni iku kara ne
      Just you wait, aliens. I’ll definitely come and see you all.
    • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “愛人製造法 [How to Create a Loved One]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 159:
      宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)ってカップめん食(く)うかな？
      Uchūjin tte kappu-men kuu ka na?
      I wonder if aliens like cup noodles.
    • 1999 October 17, “異(い)次(じ)元(げん)からの侵(しん)略(りゃく)者(しゃ) [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, 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.
  2. Synonym of 宇宙飛行士 (uchū hikōshi, “astronaut”) (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
宇宙人

Noun

宇宙人 • (uju'in) (hangeul 우주인)

  1. hanja form? of 우주인 (“alien”)
  2. hanja form? of 우주인 (“astronaut”)
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