星宿
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Chinese
| star; satellite; small amount | (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former | ||
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| simp. and trad. (星宿) |
星 | 宿 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sing1 sau3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xi1 xiou3
- Northern Min (KCR): sáing-siu̿
- Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-séu
- Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): ca1 siu4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shin-soq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxiù
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: singsiòu
- Wade–Giles: hsing1-hsiu4
- Yale: syīng-syòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshiow
- Palladius: синсю (sinsju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щинщю (xinxi͡u, I-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiŋ²⁴ ɕiou²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sing1 sau3
- Yale: sīng sau
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing1 sau3
- Guangdong Romanization: xing1 seo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-siu
- Hakka Romanization System: senˊ xiu
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1 xiu4
- Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯u⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: siangˋ siuˇ
- Sinological IPA: /siaŋ⁵³ siu¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xi1 xiou3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕi¹¹ ɕiəu⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáing-siu̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /saiŋ⁵⁴ siu³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-séu
- Sinological IPA (key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (s-)niɛu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ca1 siu4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chaⁿ-siu̍
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰa⁵³³⁻¹³ (ɬ-)liu⁴²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-siù
- Tâi-lô: tshenn-siù
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhvesiux
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-siù
- Tâi-lô: tshinn-siù
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvisiux
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Yongchun)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-siok
- Tâi-lô: tsing-siok
- Phofsit Daibuun: zengsiog
- IPA (Yongchun): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cên1 siu3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ siù
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ siu²¹³/
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: seng sjuwH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tsʰˤeŋ uk-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sleːŋ suɡs/
Noun
星宿
Synonyms
- (constellation): 星座 (xīngzuò)
- (star):
Dialectal synonyms of 星星 (“star”)
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
星宿
- (Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
Synonyms
- 七星 (Qīxīng)
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “星宿”, in 臺日大辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- “星宿”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “Entry #14419”, in 臺灣客語辭典 (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
- 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “11 星星”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 291.