地球

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
ball; sphere
simp. and trad.
(地球)

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation


Noun

地球

  1. the Earth; globe; world; the planet (Classifier: )

Derived terms

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地球):

References

  1. Huang Heqing (黃河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献, 2003

Japanese

地球 (chikyū): the globe, the Earth.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 地球, coined by Matteo Ricci.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

地球 (hiragana ちきゅう, rōmaji Chikyū, historical hiragana ちきう)

  1. (astronomy, mythology) Earth; Terra
     () (きゅう) (にじゅう) () () (かん) (いっ) (かい)自転 (じてん)します。
    Chikyū wa nijūyo jikan de ikkaijiten shimasu.
    The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.
     () (きゅう)太陽系 (たいようけい)第3惑星 (だいさんわくせい)です。
    Chikyū wa taiyōkei no daisan wakusei desu.
    The Earth is the third planet of the Solar System.
    それでも () (きゅう) (うご)く。
    Sore de mo chikyū wa ugoku.
    And yet the Earth moves.

Derived terms

References

  1. Huang Heqing (黃河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献, 2003
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

地球 (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

  1. Hanja form? of 지구 (Earth).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Proper noun

地球

  1. Hán tự form of Địa Cầu (Earth).
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