歲星

See also: 岁星

Chinese

		Jupiter	star; heavenly body
trad. (歲星)		歲	星
simp. (岁星)		岁	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Suìxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Suìxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Suèising
  - Wade–Giles: Sui⁴-hsing¹
  - Yale: Swèi-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sueyshing
  - Palladius: Суйсин (Sujsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi³ sing¹
  - Yale: seui sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sjwejH seng

Rime
Character	歲	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	相銳切	桑經切
Baxter	sjwejH	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇi^H/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛi^H/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/siuæi^H/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swiaj^H/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/siuɛi^H/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛi^H/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛi^H/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi³	sing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʷʰat-s s-tsʰˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sqʰʷads sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歲	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suì	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjwej^H ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*s-qʷʰat-s/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	year	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	歲	星
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12165	11371
Phonetic component	歲	生
Rime group	祭	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime		星
Old Chinese	/*sqʰʷads/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes	甲金文戉分化字，說文戌聲非	説文曐或體

Proper noun

歲星

(historical astronomy) Jupiter

Synonyms

木星 (Mùxīng)

See also

地支 (dìzhī), based on Jupiter's duodecennial orbit