空港

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Chinese

emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
trad. (空港)
simp. #(空港)
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Noun

空港

  1. (sometimes Japanese- or Korean-influenced) Short for 航空港 (hángkōnggǎng, “airport”).

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From (, air, sky) +‎ (, port).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of English?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

(くう)(こう) (kūkō

  1. airport
    この(くう)(こう)は1957(ねん)にできた。
    Kono kūkō wa 1957-nen ni dekita.
    This airport was built in 1957.

See also

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

空港 (gonghang) (hangeul 공항)

  1. hanja form? of 공항 (airport)