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

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

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

half-empty

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