北斗七星

Chinese

		Big Dipper; Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan	seven stars
trad. (北斗七星)		北斗	七星
simp. ^#(北斗七星)		北斗	七星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běidǒu Qīxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bei^2-1 dou² qieh^4-5 xing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běidǒu Qīxīng [Phonetic: béidǒuqīxīng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǒu Cising
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-tou³ Chʻi¹-hsing¹
  - Yale: Běi-dǒu Chī-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou Chishing
  - Palladius: Бэйдоу Цисин (Bɛjdou Cisin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹
  - Yale: bāk dáu chāt sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau² tsat⁷ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ deo² ced¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bei^2-1 dou² qieh^4-5 xing¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pei⁵³⁻¹¹ təu⁵³ t͡ɕʰiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ɕiŋ¹¹/

Proper noun

北斗七星

(astronomy) the Big Dipper; the Plough

Synonyms

北斗星 (Běidǒuxīng)
(Jin) 轆轆把／辘辘把
(Hokkien) 調羹仔星／调羹仔星

Hyponyms

天樞／天枢, 北斗一
天璇, 北斗二
天璣／天玑 (Tiānjī), 北斗三
天權／天权, 北斗四
玉衡, 北斗五
開陽／开阳 (Kāiyáng), 北斗六
瑤光／瑶光, 搖光／摇光, 北斗七

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北斗七星):

→ Japanese: 北斗七星(ほくとしちせい) (hokutoshichisei)
→ Korean: 북두칠성(北斗七星) (bukduchilseong)
→ Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	斗	七	星
ほく Grade: 2	と Grade: S	しち Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほくとしちせー [hòkútó shíchíꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟to̞ ɕit͡ɕise̞ː]

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と)七(しち)星(せい) • (Hokuto Shichisei)

the Big Dipper, the Plough

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	斗	七	星

Proper noun

北斗七星 • (Bukduchilseong) (hangeul 북두칠성)

hanja form^? of 북두칠성 (“Big Dipper”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北	斗	七	星

Proper noun

北斗七星

chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (“Big Dipper”)