客星
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Chinese
| customer; visitor; guest | star; satellite; small amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (客星) |
客 | 星 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kèsing
- Wade–Giles: kʻo4-hsing1
- Yale: kè-syīng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehshing
- Palladius: кэсин (kɛsin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haak3 sing1
- Yale: haak sīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: haak8 sing1
- Guangdong Romanization: hag3 xing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːk̚³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: khaek seng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤrak s-tsʰˤeŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰraːɡ sleːŋ/
Noun
客星
- (astronomy, historical) guest star (nova or supernova recorded in Chinese astronomy which has appeared where no star was known before)
Descendants
- → English: guest star (calque)