taikonaut

== English == === Etymology === From Mandarin 太空 (tàikōng, “space”) +‎ -naut, modelled after astronaut, cosmonaut, spationaut, etc. The term was coined on 19 May 1998 by Chiew Lee Yih (趙里昱 (Zhào Lǐyù)) from Malaysia, who used it first in newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tai‧ko‧naut IPA(key): /ˈtaɪkəˌnɔːt/ === Noun === taikonaut (plural taikonauts) A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.] Coordinate terms: astronaut, cosmonaut, spationaut, vyomanaut ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Taikonaut? Yuhangyuan?”, in Mail & Guardian‎[1], Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 October 2005, archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Paul McFedries (15 October 2003), “taikonaut”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 4 June 2017.