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空軍

空軍

See also: 空军

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	army; military; arms
trad. (空軍)		空	軍
simp. (空军)		空	军

Noun

空軍

air force

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (空軍):

Japanese: 空軍 (くうぐん) ‎(kūgun)
Korean: 공군 (空軍, gonggun)
Vietnamese: không quân ‎(空軍)

References

zh:w:空軍 (air force article on Chinese wikipedia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	軍
くう Grade: 1	ぐん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

くうぐん (Heiban)^[1]

Noun

空軍 ‎(hiragana くうぐん, romaji kūgun)

(military) air force

See also

陸軍 (りくぐん) ‎(rikugun): (military) army
海軍 (かいぐん) ‎(kaigun): (military) navy

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
空	軍

Noun

空軍 • ‎(gonggun) ‎(hangeul 공군)

Hanja form^? of 공군, “air force”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kōngjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gwan¹
Min Nan (POJ): khong-kun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngjūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄩㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjiun
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ gwan¹
  - Yale: hūng gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gwan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-kun
  - Tâi-lô: khong-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongkwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ kun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/