北辰
Chinese
| north | 5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (北辰) | 北 | 辰 | |
| simp. #(北辰) | 北 | 辰 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Běichén
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Běichén
- Wade–Giles: Pei3-chʻên2
- Yale: Běi-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeichern
- Palladius: Бэйчэнь (Bɛjčɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bak1 san4
- Yale: bāk sàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bak7 san4
- Guangdong Romanization: beg1 sen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐk̚⁵ sɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok-sîn / pak-sîn
- Tâi-lô: pok-sîn / pak-sîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: poksiin, paksiin
- IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/, /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁵ sin¹³/, /pak̚³²⁻⁵ sin¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚³²⁻⁴ sin²³/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ sin²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: pok dzyin
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤək [d]ər/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːɡ djɯn/
Proper noun
北辰
- (literary, astronomy) synonym of 北極星 / 北极星 (Běijíxīng), North Star, Polaris
- 子曰：「為政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而眾星共之。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Wéizhèng yǐ dé, pìrú běichén, jū qí suǒ, ér zhòng xīng gòng zhī.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
子曰：「为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而众星共之。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (～區) Beichen (a district of Tianjin, China)