高空

Chinese

		high; tall	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (高空)		高	空
simp. ^#(高空)		高	空

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāokōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄎㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ hung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-khûng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-khong / ko-khang / ko-khong

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ kong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāokōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄎㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaokong
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-kʻung¹
  - Yale: gāu-kūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaukong
  - Palladius: гаокун (gaokun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ hung¹
  - Yale: gōu hūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ hung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ hung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-khûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ kung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ kung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-khong
  - Tâi-lô: koo-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'qofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-khang
  - Tâi-lô: ko-khang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'qafng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-khong
  - Tâi-lô: ko-khong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'qofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ kong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau khong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ kʰoŋ³³/

Noun

高空

high altitude
高空拋物／高空抛物 ― gāokōng pāowù ― to throw objects from height

Derived terms

打高空 (dǎgāokōng)
高空作業 / 高空作业 (gāokōng zuòyè)
高空彈跳 / 高空弹跳 (gāokōng tántiào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	空
こう Grade: 2	くう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkɯ̟ː]

Noun

高(こう)空(くう) • (kōkū)

high altitude