航空

Chinese

boat; ship; vessel
boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
 
emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
trad. (航空)
simp. #(航空)

Pronunciation


Noun

航空

  1. aviation
    航空班機航空班机  ―  hángkōng bānjī  ―  airliner
    航空公司  ―  hángkōng gōngsī  ―  airline company
    航空安全  ―  hángkōng ānquán  ―  aviation safety
    航空事故  ―  hángkōng shìgù  ―  aviation accident
    航空保險航空保险  ―  hángkōng bǎoxiǎn  ―  aviation insurance
    航空貨運航空货运  ―  hángkōng huòyùn  ―  air freight
    中國南方航空中国南方航空  ―  Zhōngguó nánfāng hángkōng  ―  China Southern Airlines

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (航空):
  • Japanese: 航空(こうくう) (kōkū)
  • Korean: 항공(航空) (hanggong)
  • Vietnamese: hàng không (航空)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 5
くう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーくう [kòókúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ː]

Noun

(こう)(くう) • (kōkūかうくう (kaukuu)?

  1. aviation
    • 1945, 海野十三, 宇宙戦隊:
      今日(こんにち)航空(こうくう)戦隊(せんたい)は、やがて「宇宙戦隊(うちゅうせんたい)」の時代(じだい)にかわっていくことでしょう。
      Konnichi no kōkū sentai wa, yagate “uchū sentai” no jidai ni kawatte iku koto deshō.
      Maybe before long the air squadron of today will be replaced with a "space squadron" of tomorrow.

Derived terms

References

  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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

航空 • (hanggong) (hangeul 항공)

  1. hanja form? of 항공 (aviation)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

航空

  1. chữ Hán form of hàng không (aviation)