地球

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
ball; sphere
trad. (地球) 地 球
simp. #(地球) 地 球

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci (Huang, 2003).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

地球

  1. (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。/地球绕太阳公转。  ―  Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn.  ―  The earth revolves around the sun.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地球):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地 球
ち
Grade: 2
きゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on
地球 (chikyū): the globe, the Earth.

Etymology

From Chinese 地球 (Dìqiú), coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちきゅう [chìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥kʲɨᵝː]

Proper noun

地(ち)球(きゅう) • (Chikyū) ←ちきう (tikiu)?

  1. (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.

Derived terms

References

  1. 2003, Huang Heqing (黃河清/黄河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献 (in Chinese)
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
地球

Proper noun

地球 • (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

  1. Hanja form? of 지구 (“Earth”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
地球

Noun

地球

  1. chữ Hán form of địa cầu (“globe”).

Proper noun

地球

  1. chữ Hán form of Địa Cầu (“Earth”).
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