空中

Chinese
 
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
middle; center; within
middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); 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

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms from 空中

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 kʰuŋ ʈɨuŋ, “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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
空中

Noun

空中 • (gongjung) (hangeul 공중)

  1. Hanja form? of 공중 (“the air”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
空中

Noun

空中

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