太空

tàikōng

noun HSK 5 #2,541

Meanings

1 outer space

Characters

too; extremely; great

empty; sky; space

The great emptiness — outer space.

Examples

宇航员在太空中工作。

Yǔhángyuán zài tàikōng zhōng gōngzuò.

Astronauts work in outer space.

中国的太空计划发展很快。

Zhōngguó de tàikōng jìhuà fāzhǎn hěnkuài.

China's space program is developing rapidly.

人类探索太空已经有几十年了。

Rénlèi tànsuǒ tàikōng yǐjīng yǒu jǐshí nián le.

Humanity has been exploring space for decades.

Tips

culture

China's space station is called 天宫 (Tiāngōng, Heavenly Palace). Chinese astronauts are called 航天员 (hángtiānyuán) or 宇航员 (yǔhángyuán), not 太空人 (which is the Hong Kong/Taiwan term).

Stroke Order

太 tài

空 kōng