壁宿
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Chinese
| wall; rampart | (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former | ||
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| simp. and trad. (壁宿) |
壁 | 宿 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Bìsiòu
- Wade–Giles: Pi4-hsiu4
- Yale: Bì-syòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihshiow
- Palladius: Бисю (Bisju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bik1 sau3
- Yale: bīk sau
- Cantonese Pinyin: bik7 sau3
- Guangdong Romanization: big1 seo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
壁宿
- (astronomy) the Wall, a Chinese constellation near Pegasus and Andromeda, 14th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)) and part of the Black Turtle (玄武 (Xuánwǔ)).
Synonyms
- 壁 (bì)