地球

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	ball; sphere
trad. (地球)		地	球
simp. #(地球)		地	球

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci (Huang, 2003).

Proper noun

地球

2. (astronomy) the Earth

   地球自轉／地球自转  ―  dìqiú zìzhuàn  ―  the Earth rotates; Earth's rotation

   地球繞太陽公轉。 [MSC, trad.]
   地球绕太阳公转。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn. [Pinyin]

   The earth revolves around the sun.

Coordinate terms

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (Dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

Related terms

• 日球 (Rìqiú)
• 月球 (Yuèqiú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地球):

• → Japanese: 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū)
• → Korean: 지구(地球) (Jigu)
• → Vietnamese: Địa Cầu (地球)

(deprecated template usage) Others:

• → Vietnamese: Trái Đất (calque)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	球
ち Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3
kan'on

地球 (chikyū): the globe, the Earth.

Etymology

From Chinese 地球 (Dìqiú), coined by Matteo Ricci.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちきゅう [chìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi̥kʲɨː]

Proper noun

地(ち)球(きゅう) or 地球(proper) • (chikyū or proper) ^{←ちきう (tikiu)?}[[Category:Japanese
|ちきゅう]]

2. (astronomy, mythology) Earth; Terra

   地(ち)球(きゅう)は24(にじゅうよ)時(じ)間(かん)で１(いっ)回(かい)自(じ)転(てん)します。

   Chikyū wa nijūyo-jikan de ikkai jiten shimasu.

   The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.

   地(ち)球(きゅう)は太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の第(だい)３(さん)惑(わく)星(せい)です。

   Chikyū wa taiyōkei no dai-san wakusei desu.

   The Earth is the third planet of the Solar System.

   それでも地(ち)球(きゅう)は動(うご)く。

   sore de mo Chikyū wa ugoku.

   And yet the Earth moves.

   • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)３(さん)巻(かん) うらしま太(た)郎(ろう) [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 3: Urashima Tarō]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 117:

     地(ち)球(きゅう)は、サルのわく星(せい)になっていましたとさ。

     Chikyū wa, saru no wakusei ni natteimashita to sa.

     Meanwhile, Earth became the planet of the apes.

     |rom=Chikyū wa, saru no wakusei ni natteimashita to sa.

   • 1999 October 17, “異(い)次(じ)元(げん)からの侵(しん)略(りゃく)者(しゃ) [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, in Booster 5, Konami:

     銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい)の外(そと)から地(ち)球(きゅう)にやってきた宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)。

     Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.

     An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 地(ち)球(きゅう)温(おん)暖(だん)化(か) (chikyū ondanka): global warming
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)化(か)学(がく) (chikyū kagaku):　geochemistry
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)昭(しょう) (chikyū shō): earthshine, illuminating the dark part of the Moon
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)外(がい) (chikyūgai): extraterrestrial
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)外(がい)生(せい)物(ぶつ) (chikyūgai seibutsu): extraterrestrial life
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)外(がい)放(ほう)射(しゃ)線(せん) (chikyūgai hōshasen): extraterrestrial radiation
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)環(かん)境(きょう)モニタリングシステム (Chikyū Kankyō Monitaringu Shisutemu): Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS)
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)観(かん)測(そく)衛(えい)星(せい) (chikyū kansoku eisei): Earth survey satellite
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)儀(ぎ) (chikyūgi): terrestrial globe
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)型(がた)惑(わく)星(せい) (chikyūgata wakusei): terrestrial planet, an Earth-like planet
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)磁(じ)気(き) (chikyū jiki): geomagnetism, terrestrial magnetism
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)周(しゅう)回(かい)衛(えい)星(せい) (chikyū shūkai eisei): satellite orbiting the Earth, an Earth orbiter
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)周(しゅう)回(かい)軌(き)道(どう) (chikyū shūkai kidō): Earth orbit, an orbit around the Earth
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)楕(だ)円(えん)体(たい) (chikyū daentai): Earth ellipsoid
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)潮(ちょう)汐(せき) (chikyū chōseki): Earth tide, a terrestrial tide
• 地(ち)球(きゅう)物(ぶつ)理(り)学(がく) (chikyū butsurigaku): geophysics

Related terms

• (planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}
• ガイア (Gaia): Gaia or Gaea, the Greek goddess of the Earth

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Korean

Hanja in this term
地	球

Proper noun

地球 • (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

1. hanja form^? of 지구 (“Earth”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地	球

Noun

地球

1. chữ Hán form of địa cầu (“globe”).

Proper noun

地球

1. chữ Hán form of Địa Cầu (“Earth”).