北極星

See also: 北极星

Chinese

		North Pole	star heavenly body
trad. (北極星)		北極	星
simp. (北极星)		北极	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běijíxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ gik⁶ sing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Pet-khi̍t-sên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-ke̍k-chhiⁿ / Pak-kia̍k-chhiⁿ / Pak-ke̍k-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běijíxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běijísing
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-chi²-hsing¹
  - Yale: Běi-jí-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeijyishing
  - Palladius: Бэйцзисин (Bɛjczisin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ gik⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: bāk gihk sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ gik⁹ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ gig⁶ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ kɪk̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Pet-khi̍t-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed^ˋ kid sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ kid⁶ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pet̚² kʰit̚⁵ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-ke̍k-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-ki̍k-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakkegchvy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-kia̍k-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-kia̍k-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakkiagchvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiak̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-ke̍k-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-ki̍k-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakkegzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ kiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

北極星

(astronomy) North Star, (now) Polaris but (historical) sometimes Kochab or Thuban in ancient contexts

Synonyms

極／极 (jí); (Polaris) 勾陳一／勾陈一 (Gōuchényī) ; (literary) 北辰 (Běichén); (archaic, religious) 太一 (tàiyī) etc.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	極	星
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2	きょく Grade: 4	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ho̞k̚ʲkʲo̞kɯ̟se̞ː]

Proper noun

北(ほっ)極(きょく)星(せい) • (Hokkyokusei)

(astronomy) the North Star, Pole Star, Polaris

Synonyms

ポラリス