半空
Chinese
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (半空) | 半 | 空 | |
| simp. #(半空) | 半 | 空 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bànkōng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bànkong
- Wade–Giles: pan4-kʻung1
- Yale: bàn-kūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannkong
- Palladius: банькун (banʹkun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pän⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bun3 hung1
- Yale: bun hūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bun3 hung1
- Guangdong Romanization: bun3 hung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːn³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
半空
- mid-air
- 假如我是一朵雪花，
- From: 1925, Xu Zhimo, 雪花的快樂
- jiǎrú wǒ shì yī duǒ xuěhuā,
Piānpiān de zài bànkōng lǐ xiāosǎ,
Wǒ yīdìng rènqīng wǒ de fāngxiàng — [Pinyin] - Suppose that I am a snowflake,
fluttering mid-air unconstrained;
I would definitely know where I am going.
翩翩的在半空裡瀟灑，
我一定認清我的方向—— [MSC, trad.]
假如我是一朵雪花，
翩翩的在半空里潇洒，
我一定认清我的方向—— [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- 空中 (kōngzhōng)
Adjective
半空