真空

See also: 眞空

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (真空/眞空)		真/眞	空
simp. (真空)		真	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ hung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-khong
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-khon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenkong
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-kʻung¹
    • Yale: jēn-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenkong
    • Palladius: чжэнькун (čžɛnʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ hung¹
    • Yale: jān hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-khong
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-khong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinqofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-khon
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 khon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-khon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ kʰoŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin khuwng

Rime
Character	真	空
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	側鄰切	苦紅切
Baxter	tsyin	khuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/kʰuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/kʰuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/kʰuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/kʰəwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/kʰuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/kʰuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/kʰuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	kōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	hung1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 真空

1. (physics) vacuum

   信仰真空  ―  xìnyǎng zhēnkōng  ―  belief vacuum

2. (Buddhism) any phenomenon without material existence (clarification of this definition is needed)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 真空

1. partially or fully without wearing underwear

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 真空

1. partially or fully without wearing underwear

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	空
しん Grade: 3	くう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞空 (kyūjitai)

Adjectival noun

真(しん)空(くう) • (shinkū) -na (adnominal 真(しん)空(くう)な (shinkū na), adverbial 真(しん)空(くう)に (shinkū ni))

1. vacuous; empty

Inflection

Inflection of 真空

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	真空だろ	しんくうだろ	shinkū daro
Continuative (連用形)	真空で	しんくうで	shinkū de
Terminal (終止形)	真空だ	しんくうだ	shinkū da
Attributive (連体形)	真空な	しんくうな	shinkū na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	真空なら	しんくうなら	shinkū nara
Imperative (命令形)	真空であれ	しんくうであれ	shinkū de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	真空ではない 真空じゃない	しんくうではない しんくうじゃない	shinkū de wa nai shinkū ja nai
Informal past	真空だった	しんくうだった	shinkū datta
Informal negative past	真空ではなかった 真空じゃなかった	しんくうではなかった しんくうじゃなかった	shinkū de wa nakatta shinkū ja nakatta
Formal	真空です	しんくうです	shinkū desu
Formal negative	真空ではありません 真空じゃありません	しんくうではありません しんくうじゃありません	shinkū de wa arimasen shinkū ja arimasen
Formal past	真空でした	しんくうでした	shinkū deshita
Formal negative past	真空ではありませんでした 真空じゃありませんでした	しんくうではありませんでした しんくうじゃありませんでした	shinkū de wa arimasen deshita shinkū ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	真空で	しんくうで	shinkū de
Conditional	真空なら（ば）	しんくうなら（ば）	shinkū nara (ba)
Provisional	真空だったら	しんくうだったら	shinkū dattara
Volitional	真空だろう	しんくうだろう	shinkū darō
Adverbial	真空に	しんくうに	shinkū ni
Degree	真空さ	しんくうさ	shinkūsa

Noun

真(しん)空(くう) • (shinkū) 

1. vacuum; a region of space that contains no matter; a void.
2. the sky; the heavens
3. (Buddhism) one of the 五大 (godai; "great five); also known as 天 (そら, sora) and is of particular importance as the highest of the five elements. It also represents those things that are beyond one's everyday experiences, particularly those things composed of pure energy.
   1. represents one's spirit, thought, and creative energy. It represents one's ability to think and to communicate, as well one's creativity. It can also be associated with power, creativity, spontaneity, and inventiveness.
   2. (martial arts) a philosophy; when exercised, the power of the Void allows one to connect to the quintessential creative energy of the world. A martial arts practitioner, who is properly attuned into the 'Void', can sense their surroundings, the presences of others, and to act without thinking and without using their physical senses, via this mindstate of inner peace.

Synonyms

• 虚(こ)空(くう) (kokū)

Derived terms

• 真空封印 (“vacuum seal”)
• 真空パック

See also

• 天(てん)空(くう) (tenkū)
• 空(くう)間(かん) (kūkan)
• 空(くう)間(かん)認(にん)識(しき) (kūkan ninshiki)
• 無(む)明(みょう) (mumyō)
• 禅(ぜん) (zen)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
真	空

Noun

真空 • (jin'gong) (hangeul 진공)

1. Alternative form of 眞空 (“vacuum”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
真	空

Noun

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