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noun
- A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut.
- 2003, Peter Schwartz, Inevitable Surprises, p x.
- :The past decade has seen remarkable events and changes: ... The Columbia disaster and a Chinese in orbit
Translations: Etymology: The term was coined on 19 May 1998 by Chiew Lee Yih (èéæ) from Malaysia, who used it first in newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media based on the Mandarin (Chin.) term tíikÅng (åç), space. (italbrac, Source: w:Astronaut, Astronaut at Wikipedia)
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