司琴星
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Chinese
| pianist or organist | star; satellite; small amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (司琴星) | 司琴 | 星 | |
| simp. #(司琴星) | 司琴 | 星 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sihcínsing
- Wade–Giles: Ssŭ1-chʻin2-hsing1
- Yale: Sz̄-chín-syīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sychynshing
- Palladius: Сыциньсин (Sycinʹsin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
司琴星
Usage notes
The name 司琴星 (Sīqínxīng) is a well-established 19th-century mistranslation by Li Shanlan. Some modern sources replace the name with 巴黎 (Bālí, “Paris”) or the transliteration 魯泰西亞 / 鲁泰西亚; however, the original form 司琴星 (Sīqínxīng) remains common.
References
司琴星 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
