流星雨

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Chinese

		meteor; shooting star	rain
trad. (流星雨)		流星	雨
simp. ^#(流星雨)		流星	雨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúxīngyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ sing¹ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúxīngyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióusingyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-hsing¹-yü³
  - Yale: lyóu-syīng-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushingyeu
  - Palladius: люсинъюй (ljusinʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ sing¹ jyu⁵
  - Yale: làuh sīng yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ sing¹ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ xing¹ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

流星雨

(astronomy) meteor shower

Synonyms

星子過位／星子过位 (xiang¹ zi guo⁴ u⁵) (Gan)
星搬場／星搬场 (¹shin-poe-zan) (Wu)
星過宮／星过宫 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	星	雨
りゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 2	う Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りゅうせーう (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

流(りゅう)星(せい)雨(う) • (ryūseiu) ^{←りうせいう (riuseiu)^?}

meteor shower

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
流	星	雨

Noun

流星雨 • (yuseong'u) (hangeul 유성우)

Hanja form^? of 유성우 (“meteor shower”).

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