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太空

tài kōng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

太空 (tài kōng) means "outer space". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 太空 means

1. outer space

The characters in 太空

• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 空kōngempty; air; sky

Example sentences

• 你去过外太空吗？
  Have you ever been to outer space?
• 火箭发射进入太空。
  Huǒjiàn fāshè jìnrù tàikōng.
  The rocket was launched into space.
• 一艘太空船出现了。
  A spacecraft appeared.

Words starting with 太空

• 太空船tài kōng chuánspaceship
• 太空人tài kōng rénastronaut
• 太空服tài kōng fúspacesuit
• 太空步tài kōng bùmoonwalk (dance)
• 太空站tài kōng zhànspace station
• 太空游tài kōng yóuspace tourism
• 太空行走tài kōng xíng zǒuspacewalk
• 太空飞船tài kōng fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
• 太空探索tài kōng tàn suǒspace exploration
• 太空舞步tài kōng wǔ bùmoonwalk (dance)
• 太空漫步tài kōng màn bùspace walk
• 太空舱tài kōng cāngspace capsule; ejection capsule (cabin)
• 太空梭tài kōng suōspace shuttle

Words containing 太空

• 外太空wài tài kōngouter space
• 美国太空总署Měi guó Tài kōng Zǒng shǔNASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• 哈伯太空望远镜Hā bó Tài kōng Wàng yuǎn jìngHubble Space Telescope

Where 太空 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · suàn–tā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tài kōng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.