空間

See also: 空间

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (空間)		空	間
simp. (空间)		空	间

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khûng-kiên / khûng-kiân
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khong-kan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong¹ gang¹

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongjian
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chien¹
    • Yale: kūng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjian
    • Palladius: кунцзянь (kunczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ gaan¹
    • Yale: hūng gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: kung´ gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khûng-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: kung´ gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kung¹ gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-kan
    • Tâi-lô: khong-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong¹ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khong kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khon-ci
    • MiniDict: khon^平 ci
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khon-ji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

Noun

空間

1. space (a gap or empty place); room (Classifier: 個／个)

   提高的空間／提高的空间  ―  tígāo de kōngjiān  ―  room for improvement

   市場空間／市场空间  ―  shìchǎng kōngjiān  ―  room in the market; market space

   騰出足夠的空間／腾出足够的空间  ―  téngchū zúgòu de kōngjiān  ―  to make sufficient space

   侵入某人的私人空間 [MSC, trad.]
   侵入某人的私人空间 [MSC, simp.]

   qīnrù mǒurén de sīrén kōngjiān [Pinyin]

   to invade someone's personal space

2. space (region beyond Earth's atmosphere); outer space
3. open air; sky

Coordinate terms

• 時間／时间 (shíjiān, “time”)

Derived terms

• 三度空間立體順形放射治療／三度空间立体顺形放射治疗 (sāndù kōngjiān lìtǐ shùnxíng fàngshè zhìliáo)
• 命名空間／命名空间 (mìngmíng kōngjiān)
• 地理空間／地理空间 (dìlǐkōngjiān)
• 外層空間／外层空间 (wàicéng kōngjiān)
• 宇宙空間／宇宙空间 (yǔzhòu kōngjiān)
• 樣本空間／样本空间 (yàngběn kōngjiān)
• 相空間／相空间 (xiàngkōngjiān)
• 視覺空間／视觉空间 (shìjué kōngjiān)
• 空間主義／空间主义 (kōngjiānzhǔyì)
• 空間實驗室／空间实验室 (kōngjiān shíyànshì)
• 空間技術／空间技术 (kōngjiān jìshù)
• 空間探測器／空间探测器 (kōngjiān tàncèqì)
• 空間波函數／空间波函数 (kōngjiān bōhánshù)
• 空間渡船／空间渡船 (kōngjiān dùchuán)
• 空間碎片／空间碎片 (kōngjiān suìpiàn)
• 空間科學／空间科学 (kōngjiān kēxué)
• 空間站／空间站 (kōngjiānzhàn)
• 空間群／空间群 (kōngjiānqún)
• 色彩空間／色彩空间 (sècǎi kōngjiān)
• 虛擬空間／虚拟空间 (xūnǐ kōngjiān)
• 顏色空間／颜色空间 (yánsè kōngjiān)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-keng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-keng
    • Tâi-lô: khang-king
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangkefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

空間

1. (Southern Min) empty room (Classifier: 個／个)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	間
くう Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くうかん [kùúkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

空(くう)間(かん) • (kūkan) 

1. (physics) space
2. (mathematics) space
3. area, room

   くつろぎの空間(くうかん)

   kutsurogi no kūkan

   relaxation area

Synonyms

• (area, room): スペース (supēsu)

See also

• 時間(じかん) (jikan): time
• 時空(じくう) (jikū): time and space
• 時空間(じくうかん) (jikūkan): spacetime

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	間

Noun

空間 • (gonggan) (hangeul 공간)

1. Hanja form^? of 공간 (“(empty) space, room”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
空	間

Noun

空間

1. chữ Hán form of không gian (“space; air space”).