星座

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (星座)		星	座

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ zo⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chho
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-cô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seng-chǒ / seng-chō / chheⁿ-chō / chhiⁿ-chō

(Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ zo⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-zu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singzuò
  - Wade–Giles: hsing¹-tso⁴
  - Yale: syīng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingtzuoh
  - Palladius: синцзо (sinczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ zo⁶
  - Yale: sīng joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chho
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ co
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ co⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-cô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chǒ
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tsǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ t͡so²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chō
  - Tâi-lô: sing-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengzoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡so²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡so³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chō
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chō
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvizoi
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡so³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cên¹ zo⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ tsō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ t͡so¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shin-zu
  - MiniDict: shin^平 zu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-zu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ zu²¹/

Noun

星座

Synonyms

(constellation): 星宿 (xīngxiù)

Derived terms

大熊星座
大犬星座
天鵝星座 / 天鹅星座
天鷹星座 / 天鹰星座
小熊星座
獵戶星座 / 猎户星座

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星座):

→ Japanese: 星座(せいざ) (seiza)
→ Korean: 성좌(星座) (seongjwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	座
せい Grade: 2	ざ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーざ [sèézá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːza̠]

Noun

星(せい)座(ざ) • (seiza)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
星	座

Noun

星座 • (seongjwa) (hangeul 성좌)

hanja form^? of 성좌 (“constellation”)

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

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