地球

Chinese
 
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 ball; sphere
trad. (地球) 地 球
simp. #(地球) 地 球

Etymology

Coined by Matteo Ricci (Huang, 2003).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

地球

  1. (astronomy) the Earth
    地球自轉／地球自转  ―  dìqiú zìzhuàn  ―  the Earth rotates; Earth's rotation
    地球繞太陽公轉。 [MSC, trad.]
    地球绕太阳公转。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dìqiú rào tàiyáng gōngzhuàn. [Pinyin]
    The earth revolves around the sun.

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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (地球):

Others:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
地 球
ち
Grade: 2		 きゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on
地球 (chikyū): the globe, the Earth.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちきゅう [chìkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥kʲɨᵝː]

Proper noun

地(ち)球(きゅう) • (Chikyū) ←ちきう (tikiu)?

  1. (astronomy, mythology) Earth; Terra
    地(ち)球(きゅう)は24(にじゅうよ)時(じ)間(かん)で１(いっ)回(かい)自(じ)転(てん)します。
    Chikyū wa nijūyo-jikan de ikkai jiten shimasu.
    The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.
    地(ち)球(きゅう)は太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の第(だい)３(さん)惑(わく)星(せい)です。
    Chikyū wa taiyōkei no dai-san wakusei desu.
    The Earth is the third planet of the Solar System.
    それでも地(ち)球(きゅう)は動(うご)く。
    sore de mo Chikyū wa ugoku.
    And yet the Earth moves.
    • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)３(さん)巻(かん) うらしま太(た)郎(ろう) (世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)３(さん)巻(かん) うらしま太(た)郎(ろう)) [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 3: Urashima Tarō]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 117:
      地(ち)球(きゅう)は、サルのわく星(せい)になっていましたとさ。
      Chikyū wa, saru no wakusei ni natteimashita to sa.
      Meanwhile, Earth became the planet of the apes.
    • 1999 October 17, “異(い)次(じ)元(げん)からの侵(しん)略(りゃく)者(しゃ) [Invader from a Different Dimension]”, in Booster 5, Konami:
      銀(ぎん)河(が)系(けい)の外(そと)から地(ち)球(きゅう)にやってきた宇(う)宙(ちゅう)人(じん)。
      Gingakei no soto kara Chikyū ni yattekita uchūjin.
      An alien that came to Earth from outside the Milky Way.

Derived terms
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References
  1. 2003, Huang Heqing (黃河清／黄河清), 利玛窦对汉语的贡献 (in Chinese)
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
地球

Proper noun

地球 • (Jigu) (hangeul 지구)

  1. Hanja form? of 지구 (“Earth”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
地球

Noun

地球

  1. chữ Hán form of địa cầu (“globe”).

Proper noun

地球

  1. chữ Hán form of Địa Cầu (“Earth”).
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