空港

Chinese

 
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
harbor; Hong Kong (abbr.)
trad. (空港) 空 港
simp. #(空港) 空 港

Pronunciation


Noun

空港

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

Synonyms

  • 航空港 (hángkōnggǎng) (large commercial airport)
  • 航空站 (hángkōngzhàn) (formal or technical)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空 港
くう
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 空 (kū, “air, sky”) +‎ 港 (kō, “port”).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

空(くう)港(こう) • (kūkō) 

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

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
空港

Noun

空港 • (gonghang) (hangeul 공항)

  1. Hanja form? of 공항 (“airport”).
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