碧空

Chinese

		green jade; bluish green; blue green jade; bluish green; blue; jade	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (碧空)		碧	空
simp. ^#(碧空)		碧	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìkōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ hung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiak-khong / phek-khong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìkōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìkong
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-kʻung¹
  - Yale: bì-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihkong
  - Palladius: бикун (bikun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹ hung¹
  - Yale: bīk hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: big¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak-khong
  - Tâi-lô: phiak-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiakqofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek-khong
  - Tâi-lô: phik-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phekqofng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

碧空

(literary) clear blue sky; azure sky

Synonyms

碧落 (bìluò) (literary, Taoism)
蒼天 / 苍天 (cāngtiān) (literary)
蒼旻 / 苍旻 (cāngmín) (literary)
蒼穹 / 苍穹 (cāngqióng) (literary)
藍天 / 蓝天 (lántiān)
青天 (qīngtiān)
青空 (qīngkōng) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (碧空):

→ Japanese: 碧空(へきくう) (hekikū)
→ Korean: 벽공(碧空) (byeokgong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
碧	空
へき Jinmeiyō	くう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

碧(へき)空(くう) • (hekikū)

blue sky
Synonyms: 青空 (aozora), 碧天 (hekiten), 碧虚 (hekyo), 碧霄 (hekishō), 蒼空 (sōkū), 蒼穹 (sōkyū), 蒼天 (sōten)