太空人

Chinese

		outer space	man; person; people
trad. (太空人)		太空	人
simp. #(太空人)		太空	人

Etymology

The Hong Kong Cantonese sense comes from an interpretation of 太空人 as 太 (“wife”) + 空 (“empty”) + 人 (“person”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàikōngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ hung¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-khong-jîn / thài-khong-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàikōngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàikongrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-kʻung¹-jên²
    • Yale: tài-kūng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taykongren
    • Palladius: тайкунжэнь (tajkunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ hung¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: taai hūng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ hung¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ hung¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-khong-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: thài-khong-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'qongjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-khong-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: thài-khong-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'qongliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/

Noun

太空人

1. astronaut; cosmonaut; taikonaut
2. extraterrestrial being; alien
3. (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese) astronaut (person working abroad away from their family)

Synonyms

• (astronaut): 宇航員／宇航员 (yǔhángyuán), 航天員／航天员 (hángtiānyuán)
• (extraterrestrial being):

• 外星人 (wàixīngrén)
• 宇宙人 (yǔzhòurén)
• 星球人 (xīngqiúrén)