織女星

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See also: 织女星

Chinese

weaving girl; weaver girl star; satellite; small amount
trad. (織女星) 織女 星
simp. (织女星) 织女 星

Pronunciation

Proper noun

織女星

  1. (astronomy) Vega

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 織女星 (“Vega”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 織女星, 織女
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 織女星
Southern Min Xiamen 七娘媽星
Taipei 織女
New Taipei (Tamsui) 織女
New Taipei (Sanxia) 織女
New Taipei (Pingxi) 織女
Kaohsiung 織女
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 織女
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 織女
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 織女
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 織女
Yilan 織女
Yilan (Toucheng) 織女
Changhua (Lukang) 織女
Taichung 織女
Tainan 織女, 七娘媽星
Tainan (Anping) 織女
Hsinchu 織女
Kinmen 織女
Penghu (Magong) 織女
Penghu (Xiyu) 織女

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (織女星):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
織 女 星
しょく
Grade: 5 		じょ
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
織 女 星
お(り)
Grade: 5 		ひめ
Grade: 1 		ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi irregular kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 織姫 (Orihime) +‎ 星 (-hoshi, “star”), or alternatively from 織女 (shokujo, “weaving woman”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “star”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 織女星／织女星 (Zhīnǚxīng).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

織(おり)女(ひめ)星(ぼし) • (Orihimeboshi)  (alternative reading hiragana しょくじょせい, rōmaji Shokujosei, historical hiragana しよくぢよせい)

  1. (astronomy) Synonym of ベガ (Bega, “Vega”)
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