太空人 (taai3 hung1 jan4) — refers to an emigre from Hong Kong who maintains business ties to Hong Kong and thus spends a lot of time "in the air" flying back and forth between Hong Kong and the place in which they settled. in Cantonese
taai˗₃太hungˉ¹空janˎ₄人Mandarin Pinyin: tai4 kong1 ren2
Meaning of 太空人
nounrefers to an emigre from Hong Kong who maintains business ties to Hong Kong and thus spends a lot of time "in the air" flying back and forth between Hong Kong and the place in which they settled.
nounastronaut (US); cosmonaut (Russia) - a person who has travelled to, or is in, outer space in some form of spacecraft; sometimes referred to as a "taikonaut" but this is actually a term coined by the Western media taking the Mandarin pronounciation of 太空 (tai4 kong1) appended to the Greek root -naut meaning sailor/navigator; China prefers to use the term 航天員 instead.
noun(slang) immigrants (who always fly back and forth in countries)