Wednesday 19 October 2005

of taikonaut

[via Bingfeng Teahouse]

Taikonaut is the Chinese counterpart for astronaut and cosmonaut.
"Taikong" is a Chinese word that means space or cosmos...Removing "g" from "taikong" is to make the word short and easy to pronounce. On the other side, its pronounciation is also close to "taikong ren", the Chinese words "space men".
Tai Ko is something that means "to win by chance" (according to TalkingCock.com.


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