啟明星

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Chinese

star; satellite; small amount
trad. (啟明星/啓明星) 啟明/啓明
simp. (启明星) 启明

Pronunciation


Noun

啟明星

  1. morning star; the planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn

References

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhiⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 74; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 74