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空間

简空间 · 繁空間

Mandarin · pinyin kōng jiān

space; room
(fig.) scope; leeway
(astronomy) outer space
(physics, math.) space

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
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间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality

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1–1 · kong1 jian1

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hung1 gaan1

Cantonese word readings for 空間. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hung1 gaan1

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noun

space (a gap or empty place); room (Classifier: 個／个)
(Mainland China) outer space (region beyond Earth's atmosphere)
open air; sky

noun

(Southern Min) empty room (Classifier: 個／个)

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