天空

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (天空)		天	空
simp. #(天空)		天	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ hung¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thiên-khûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên¹ kung¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): tiĕng-kŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-khong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tin¹ kong¹ / tiang¹ kong¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹thi-khon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiankong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: tyān-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiankong
    • Palladius: тянькун (tjanʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ hung¹
    • Yale: tīn hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-khûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien´ kung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiên¹ kung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kʰʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tiĕng-kŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰieŋ⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-khong
    • Tâi-lô: thian-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienqofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tin¹ kong¹ / tiang¹ kong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiⁿ khong / thiang khong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩ³³⁻²³ kʰoŋ³³/, /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ kʰoŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹thi-khon
    • MiniDict: thi^平 khon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-khon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ kʰoŋ²¹/

Noun

天空

1. sky; heavens; firmament

   美好時光是那樣的短暫，宛若天空滑過的流星般轉瞬即逝。 [MSC, trad.]
   美好时光是那样的短暂，宛若天空滑过的流星般转瞬即逝。 [MSC, simp.]

   Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]

   Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.

   • 歷史的天空閃爍幾顆星；人間一股英雄氣在馳騁縱橫。 [MSC, trad.]
     历史的天空闪烁几颗星；人间一股英雄气在驰骋纵横。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1994, 王健 Wang Jian (lyricist), 谷建芬 Gu Jianfen (composer), "The Sky of History"《歷史的天空》

     Lìshǐ de tiānkōng shǎnshuò jǐ kē xīng; rénjiān yī gǔ yīngxióng qì zài chíchěng zònghéng. [Pinyin]

     In the sky of history blink a few stars; in the human world gallops a heroic spirit hither and thither.

Synonyms

• (literary) 上蒼／上苍 (shàngcāng); 蒼穹／苍穹 (cāngqióng)
• (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew, Taiwanese Hakka, Wenzhounese Wu) 天頂／天顶

Dialectal synonyms of 天空 (“sky”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		天
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天, 天空
Mandarin	Xi'an	天
	Singapore	天
Cantonese	Guangzhou	天
	Hong Kong	天
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	天
	Macau	天
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	天
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	天
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	天
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	天
	Foshan	天
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	天
	Foshan (Shunde)	天
	Foshan (Sanshui)	天空
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	天空
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	天
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	天
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	天
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	天
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	天
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	天
	Taishan	天
	Taishan (Guanghai)	天
	Kaiping (Chikan)	天
	Enping (Niujiang)	天
	Heshan (Yayao)	天空
	Dongguan	天
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	天空
	Lianshan (Yonghe)	天
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	天
	Chongzuo (Laituan)	天
	Fusui (Qujiu)	天
	Singapore (Guangfu)	天
	Mandalay (Taishan)	天
Gan	Nanchang	天
Hakka	Meixian	天
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	天, 天空
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	天
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	天
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	天
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	天頂
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	天
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	天
	Boluo (Bendihua)	天
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	天空
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	天
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	天
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	天
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	天
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	天
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	天
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	天
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	天
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	天
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	天
	Conghua (Lütian)	天空
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	天
Southern Min	Xiamen	天
	Singapore (Hokkien)	天
	Manila (Hokkien)	天, 天頂
	Singapore (Teochew)	天
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	天
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Sucun)	天
Wu	Shanghai	天
	Suzhou	天
	Wenzhou	天
	Jinhua	天公, 天
Xiang	Changsha	天
	Xiangxiang	天
	Hengshan	天

Derived terms

• 天空實驗室／天空实验室
• 天空海闊／天空海阔
• 海濶天空
• 海闊天空／海阔天空 (hǎikuòtiānkōng)
• 海闊從魚躍，天空任鳥飛／海阔从鱼跃，天空任鸟飞
• 退一步海闊天空／退一步海阔天空 (tuì yī bù hǎikuòtiānkōng)
• 雲淨天空／云净天空
• 雲過天空／云过天空

 

Adjective

天空

1. (literary, of the sky) open and vast

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	空
てん Grade: 1	くう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんくう [tèńkúú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) てんく​う [tèńkúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

天(てん)空(くう) • (tenkū) 

1. sky, ether, air, firmament

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/天空#Noun

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	空

Noun

天空 • (cheon'gong) (hangeul 천공)

1. Hanja form^? of 천공.