半空

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (半空)		半	空
simp. #(半空)		半	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànkong
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: bàn-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannkong
    • Palladius: банькун (banʹkun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ hung¹
    • Yale: bun hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

半空

1. mid-air

   • 假如我是一朵雪花，
     翩翩的在半空裡瀟灑，
     我一定認清我的方向—— [MSC, trad.]
     假如我是一朵雪花，
     翩翩的在半空里潇洒，
     我一定认清我的方向—— [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, Xu Zhimo, 雪花的快樂

     jiǎrú wǒ shì yī duǒ xuěhuā,
     Piānpiān de zài bànkōng lǐ xiāosǎ,
     Wǒ yīdìng rènqīng wǒ de fāngxiàng — [Pinyin]

     Suppose that I am a snowflake,
     fluttering mid-air unconstrained;
     I would definitely know where I am going.

Synonyms

• 空中 (kōngzhōng)

Adjective

半空

1. half-empty