Official English-language texts issued by the government of the People's Republic of China use astronaut while texts in Russian use космонавт (kosmonavt).[20][21] In official Chinese-language texts, the terms "yǔhángyuán" ("sailing personnel in universe"
for cosmonaut and "hángtiānyuán" ("sailing personnel in sky" for astronaut have long been used. The phrase "tàikōng rén" ("spaceman" is often used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The term taikonaut is used by some English-language news media organizations for professional space travelers from China.[22] The word has featured in the Longman and Oxford English dictionaries, the latter of which describes it as "a hybrid of the Chinese term taikong (space) and the Greek naut (sailor)"
**I think I prefer taikong ren. In her case it would be Taikong Nu Ren, female space person..
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