彗星

Chinese

	broom	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (彗星)	彗	星
simp. ^#(彗星)	彗	星
alternative forms	篲星慧星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huìxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui⁴ xin¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sing¹ / seoi⁶ sing¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hūi-chheⁿ / hūi-chhiⁿ / hūi-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui⁶ cên¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèising
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-hsing¹
  - Yale: hwèi-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyshing
  - Palladius: хуэйсин (xuejsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: hui⁴ xin¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui xin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei²¹³ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ sing¹ / seoi⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: waih sīng / seuih sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sing¹ / soey⁶ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xing¹ / sêu⁶ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /sɵy̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    彗星
    衛星 / 卫星
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huī-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huixzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: huī-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huixchvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi-seng
  - Tâi-lô: huī-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huixsefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

hūi-chheⁿ/hūi-chhiⁿ - vernacular;
hūi-seng - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hui⁶ cên¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭi tsheⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-shin
  - MiniDict: we^去 shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² ɕin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: zwijH|zjwejH seng

Rime
Character	彗	彗	星
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	邪 (17)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	祭 (36)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	徐醉切	祥歲切	桑經切
Baxter	zwijH	zjwejH	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪ^H/	/ziuᴇi^H/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷi^H/	/zʷiɛi^H/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuɪ^H/	/ziuæi^H/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwi^H/	/zwiaj^H/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/zui^H/	/ziuɛi^H/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/zwi^H/	/zĭwɛi^H/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zwi^H/	/zi̯wɛi^H/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì	suì	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi⁶	seoi⁶	sing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s s-tsʰˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷeds|sɢʷids sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彗	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huì	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ zjwej^H ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	broom; comet	star
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彗	彗	星
Reading #	1/3	3/3	1/1
No.	5462	5475	11371
Phonetic component	彗	彗	生
Rime group	祭	至	耕
Rime subdivision	2	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	篲	遂	星
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷeds/	/*sɢʷids/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes			説文曐或體

Noun

彗星

(astronomy) comet
- 齊有彗星，齊侯使禳之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  齐有彗星，齐侯使禳之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Qí yǒu huìxīng, Qíhóu shǐ ráng zhī. [Pinyin]
  A comet was seen by the people of Qi (or, "in the fenye of Qi"), and the Marquis of Qi wanted to have its ill omen dispelled.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 彗星 (“comet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		彗星, 彗, 帚星, 欃槍, 掃星
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彗星
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	掃帚星
	Taiwan	掃帚星, 掃把星
	Langfang	掃帚星
	Ulanhot	掃把星
	Tongliao	掃把星
	Chifeng	掃帚星
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	掃把星
	Harbin	掃帚星
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	掃帚星
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	掃帚星
	Cangzhou	掃帚星
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	掃帚星
	Baoding	掃帚星
	Shijiazhuang	掃帚星
	Weifang (Weicheng)	掃帚星
	Weifang (Fangzi)	掃帚星
	Changle	掃帚星
	Shouguang	掃帚星
	Rizhao	掃帚星
	Wulian	掃帚星
	Jinan	掃帚星
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	掃帚星
	Qingdao	掃帚星
	Weifang (Hanting)	掃帚星
	Changyi	掃帚星
	Gaomi	掃帚星
	Zhucheng	掃帚星
	Anqiu	掃帚星
	Linqu	掃帚星
	Qingzhou	掃帚星
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	掃帚星
	Daming	掃帚星
	Wanrong	掃帚星
	Zhengzhou	掃帚星
	Xi'an	掃帚星
	Dingbian	掃帚星
	Hezuo	彗星
	Xining	掃帚星
	Xuzhou	掃帚星
	Qimen (Anling; Junhua)	掃把星
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	掃帚星
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	掃帚星
	Bayanhot	掃帚星
	Lanzhou	掃帚星
	Ürümqi	掃帚星
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	掃把星
	Nanbu	掃把星
	Wuhan	掃帚星
	Guiyang	掃把星
	Shuifu	掃把星
	Daguan	掃把星, 掃帚星
	Kunming	掃把星
	Guilin	掃帚星
	Guilin (Lingui)	彗星
	Liuzhou	掃把星
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	彗星
	Nanning (Fujian)	掃星
	Nanning (Wuming)	掃把星
	Hechi (Yizhou)	掃把星
	Tianlin (Langping)	火星
	Yongzhou	掃帚星
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	掃把星
	Dagudi (Maliba)	笤帚星
	Reshuitang (Longling)	掃把星
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	掃把星
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	掃帚星
	Oudomxay	掃帚星
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	掃帚星
	Yangzhou	掃帚星
	Nantong	掃帚星
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掃把星, 彗星
	Hong Kong	掃把星, 彗星
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	掃把星
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	掃把星
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	掃把星
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	掃把星
	Hong Kong (Sam Mun Tsai; Tanka)	掃把星
	Macau	掃把星
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	掃把星, 彗星
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	掃把星
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	星賴屎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	掃扒星
	Foshan	掃把星
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鬼火
	Foshan (Shunde)	掃把星
	Foshan (Sanshui)	掃把星
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	彗星
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	掃把星
	Zhongshan (Chongkoumen, Nanlang; Tanka)	掃把星
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	掃把星
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	掃把星
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	掃桿星
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	掃把星
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	掃把星
	Taishan	掃把星
	Kaiping (Chikan)	掃桿星
	Enping (Niujiang)	掃桿星
	Heshan (Yayao)	彗星
	Dongguan	掃把星, 彗星
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	彗星
	Shaoguan	掃把星
	Yunfu	掃把星
	Yangjiang	掃把星, 掃宅星
	Xinyi	掃把星
	Lianjiang	掃把星
	Nanning	掃把星
	Nanning (Tanka)	掃把星
	Wuzhou	掃把星
	Yulin	掃桿星
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	掃把星
	Hepu (Shatian)	掃桿星
	Guiping	掃把星
	Guiping (Jintian)	彗星, 掃把星
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	掃把星
	Guiping (Madong)	掃把星
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	掃把星
	Mengshan (Xihe)	掃把星
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	掃把星
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	掃把星
	Baise	掃把星
	Bobai	掃把星
	Lingshan	彗星
	Pubei	彗星
	Qinzhou	彗星
	Beihai	掃把星
	Beihai (Nankang)	掃把星
	Beihai (Yingpan)	掃把星
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	掃把星
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	掃把星
	Ningming	彗星
	Hengzhou	掃把星
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	掃星
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	掃把星
	Chongzuo (Laituan)	魂頭星
Fusui (Qujiu)	魂頭星, 掃把星
Pingle (Majia)	掃把星
Pingle (Shuishan)	掃把星
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	彗星, 掃桿把星
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	掃把星
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	掃把星
Móng Cái	掃把星
Yangon (Taishan)	掃把星
Bangkok (Guangfu)	彗星
Gan	Nanchang	掃帚星
	Pengze	掃帚星
	Lichuan	掃帚星
	Pingxiang	掃把星
	Liuyang	掃把星
Hakka	Meixian	祛把星
	Xingning	掃把星
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	掃把星
	Huidong (Daling)	星瀉屎
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	掃把星
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	掃把星
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	掃把星
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	彗星
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	掃把星
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	桿掃星, 掃把星
	Wuhua (Changbu)	人殃頭
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	出人殃
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	掃把星
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	掃把星
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	天星過位
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	彗星
	Changting	掃帚星
	Wuping	掃把星
	Wuping (Pingyu)	星瀉屎
	Liancheng	掃把星
	Liancheng (Peitian)	桿掃星
	Ninghua	桿掃星
	Yudu	掃星
	Ruijin	芒掃星
	Shicheng	桿掃星
	Shangyou (Shexi)	芒掃星
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	掃把星, 長尾星
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	掃把星, 長尾星
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	掃把星
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	掃把星
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	掃把星
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	掃把星
	Hong Kong	掃把星
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	掃把星
	Bobai (Shahe)	彗星, 掃把星
	Bobai (Longtan)	掃把星
	Bobai (Lingping)	掃把星
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	掃把星
	Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang)	彗星
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	掃把星
	Mashan (Pianlian)	彗星
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	掃把星
	Senai (Huiyang)	掃把星
	Pontianak (Meixian)	掃把星
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	彗星
Huizhou	Jixi	笤帚星, 掃帚星
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	笤帚星
	Qimen (Anling; Minhua)	掃帚星
Jin	Taiyuan	掃帚星, 掃星
	Pingyao	掃帚星
	Datong	掃帚星
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	掃帚星
	Xinzhou	掃帚星
	Taibus (Baochang)	亮星
	Linhe	掃帚星
	Jining	掃帚星
	Liangcheng	掃帚星
	Hohhot	掃帚星
	Baotou	掃帚星
	Dongsheng	掃帚星
	Haibowan	掃帚星
	Zhangjiakou	彗星
	Handan	掃帚星
Northern Min	Jian'ou	掃帚星
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掃帚星, 筅帚星
Eastern Min	Fuqing	掃帚星
Southern Min	Xiamen	掃帚星, 拖尾星, 歹星
	Quanzhou	掃帚星
	Jinjiang	掃帚星
	Yongchun	掃帚星, 賊星
	Zhangzhou	掃帚星, 長尾星, 疶屎星, 落屎星, 反亂星, 反星
	Dongshan	掃帚星
	Taipei	疶屎星, 掃帚星
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	掃帚星
	Kaohsiung	掃帚星
	Yilan	掃帚星, 落屎星
	Changhua (Lukang)	掃帚星
	Taichung	掃帚星
	Tainan	掃帚星
	Hsinchu	掃帚星, 疶屎星
	Kinmen	掃帚星
	Penghu (Magong)	掃帚星
	Penang (Hokkien)	長尾星
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掃帚星
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	彗星
	Chaozhou	掃帚星
	Shantou	掃帚星
	Shantou (Chenghai)	掃帚星
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	掃帚星
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	掃帚星
	Jieyang	掃帚星
	Haifeng	掃茜星
	Hong Kong (Yuen Chau Tsai)	掃把星
	Bangkok (Teochew)	彗星
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	彗星
	Pontianak (Teochew)	掃帚星
	Leizhou	掃帚星
	Haikou	掃把星
	Wanning	掃把星
Puxian Min	Putian	掃帚星
Puxian Min	Xianyou	掃帚星
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	掃帚星兒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	掃帚星
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	掃把星
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	掃把星
	Nanning (Shajing)	彗星
	Nanning (Xiuxiang)	掃把星
	Nanning (Sucun)	掃把星
	Binyang	彗星
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	掃把星
	Liucheng (Yangmei)	彗星
	Luocheng (Niubi)	星子飆弓
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	掃巴星
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	彗星
	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	彗星
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	掃把星
	Guilin (Dabu)	流流星
	Guilin (Qianjing)	掃桿星
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	掃把星, 彗星
	Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui)	彗星
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	掃桿星
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	掃鼓星
	Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)	掃管子星
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	掃把星
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	掃把星
	Pingle (Zhangjia)	掃把星
	Yangshuo (Jima)	彗星
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	掃帚星
	Luxi (Liangjiatan)	掃帚星
	Chengbu (Xuntou)	掃帚星
Wu	Shanghai	彗星, 掃帚星
	Shanghai (Chongming)	掃帚星
	Suzhou	掃帚星
	Wuxi	掃帚星
	Danyang	掃帚星
	Hangzhou	掃帚星
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	彗星
	Ningbo	掃帚星
	Wenzhou	搽掃星, 妖星
	Longquan	掃帚星
	Jinhua	掃帚星, 笤帚星
Xiang	Changsha	掃把星
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	掃把星
	Loudi	掃帚星
	Hengshan (Baiguo)	彗星
	Quanzhou	彗星
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	彗星
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	掃把星

Derived terms

周期彗星
哈雷彗星 (Hāléi huìxīng)
畢拉彗星 / 毕拉彗星
百武彗星

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彗星):

→ Japanese: 彗星(すいせい) (suisei)
→ Korean: 혜성(彗星) (hyeseong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彗	星
すい Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sɨise̞ː]

Noun

彗(すい)星(せい) • (suisei)

(astronomy) comet

Alternative forms

すい星(せい) (suisei)

Synonyms

箒星(ほうきぼし) (hōkiboshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
彗	星

Noun

彗星 • (hyeseong) (hangeul 혜성)

hanja form^? of 혜성 (“comet”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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