牽牛星

See also: 牵牛星

Chinese

		longhorn beetle; longicorn	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (牽牛星)		牽牛	星
simp. (牵牛星)		牵牛	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiānniúxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiānniúxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciannióusing
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien¹-niu²-hsing¹
  - Yale: Chyān-nyóu-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiannioushing
  - Palladius: Цяньнюсин (Cjanʹnjusin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: hīn ngàuh sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khan-gû-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

牽牛星

(astronomy) Altair

Synonyms

河鼓二 (Hégǔ'èr), (archaic) 簷鼓／檐鼓 (yángǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	牛	星
けん Jinmeiyō	ぎゅう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

From Chinese 牽牛星 / 牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんぎゅうせー [kèńgyúꜜùsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲɡʲɨːse̞ː]

Proper noun

牽(けん)牛(ぎゅう)星(せい) • (Kengyūsei) ^{←けんぎうせい (Kengiusei)^?}

(astronomy) synonym of アルタイル (Arutairu, “Altair”)