空中

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Chinese

emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
 
trad. (空中) 空 中
simp. #(空中) 空 中
anagram 中空

Pronunciation

Adjective

空中

  1. (attributive) aerial; in the air; in the sky
    空中梯隊／空中梯队  ―  kōngzhōng tīduì  ―  air echelon

Noun

空中

  1. air; sky; overhead

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空 中
くう
Grade: 1 		ちゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 空中 (MC khuwng trjuwng, “sky; air + middle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

空(くう)中(ちゅう) • (kūchū) 

  1. midair; the air; the sky
    空中(くうちゅう)で回(まわ)る
    kūchū de mawaru
    to spin around in the air
    空中(くうちゅう)を眺(なが)める
    kūchū o nagameru
    to stare off into nothingness

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
空中

Noun

空中 • (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)

  1. hanja form? of 공중 (“the air”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
空中

Noun

空中

  1. chữ Hán form of không trung (“the air”).
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