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): ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹thi-khon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄎㄨㄥ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-khûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ kung^ˊ
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹thi-khon
  - MiniDict: thi^平 khon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹thi-khon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰi⁵⁵ kʰoŋ²¹/

Noun

天空

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.
- 1994, “歷史的天空 [The Sky of History]”, 王健 [Wang Jian] (lyrics), 谷建芬 [Gu Jianfen] (music):
  
  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.]
  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
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	天
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	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, Xiangzhou)	天
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	天空
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	天
Southern Min	Xiamen	天
	Singapore (Hokkien)	天
	Manila (Hokkien)	天, 天頂
	Singapore (Teochew)	天
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	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

(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])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) てんくう [tèńkúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkɯ̟ː]

Noun

天(てん)空(くう) • (tenkū)

sky, ether, air, firmament

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	空

Noun

天空 • (cheon'gong) (hangeul 천공)

hanja form^? of 천공

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Japanese

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Korean

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