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太空 tàikōng

太空 tàikōng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 太空 tàikōng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tàikōng | tai4 kong1
English translation
outer space

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Traditional form

太空 tàikōng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 太空 tàikōng

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tài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Addition of a dot to (dà; big) to mean "very" or "extremely".

Positional decomposition

大丶

Number of Strokes

4
kōng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

gōng

Semantic compound

xué

Positional decomposition

穴工

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 太空 tàikōng

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xiǎo 行星 xíng xīng , chèn wéi 小型 xiǎo xíng 行星 xíng xīng ”, zài wài 太空 tàikōng Zhōng 不计其数 bù jì qí shù .

Asteroids, also known as " minor planets ", are numerous in the outer space.

太空 tàikōng 时代 Shídài 开始 kāishǐ 二十 èr shí 世纪 shìjì .

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.

海伦 Hǎi lún 描述 miáo shù le 身处 shēn chǔ 太空 tàikōng shí 失重 shī zhòng 状态 zhuàngtài xià de 生活 shēnghuó

Helen described life in a weightless environment during her period in space.

太空 tàikōng Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 太空 tàikōng and their own compounds.

太空 tàikōng Compounds

See all 35 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 太空 tàikōng in their composition.

  • tài
      • ,
    • tài , tài , tài , tài , tài , dāi , tài , tài , tuó , , , dài ,
  • kōng
    • kòng , qiāng , qiāng , kōng , kōng , kōng , Zhào , hōng , kōng , kòng , , , , , , , , , ,
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