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太空人
taai3 hung1 jan4
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[1] astronaut (US); cosmonaut (Russia) - a person who has travelled to, or is in, outer space in some form of spacecraft; sometimes referred to as a "taikonaut" but this is actually a term coined by the Western media taking the Mandarin pronounciation of 太空 (tai4 kong1) appended to the Greek root -naut meaning sailor/navigator; China prefers to use the term 航天員 instead. [2] refers to an emigre from Hong Kong who maintains business ties to Hong Kong and thus spends a lot of time "in the air" flying back and forth between Hong Kong and the place in which they settled. Level: 3 Google Frequency: 461,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 3077 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 21st Sep 2004 04:33 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:太 taai3 - highest; great-grand; excessively空 hung1 - empty; vacant; free time; sky; fruitless 人 jan4 - person; human being |
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