矮星

Chinese

		short (not tall)	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (矮星)		矮	星
simp. #(矮星)		矮	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎixīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎising
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-hsing¹
    • Yale: ǎi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aeshing
    • Palladius: айсин (ajsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai² sing¹
    • Yale: ái sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei² xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

矮星

1. (astronomy) dwarf star

Derived terms

• 棕矮星 (zōng'ǎixīng)
• 次矮星 (cì'ǎixīng)
• 白矮星 (bái'ǎixīng)
• 紅矮星／红矮星 (hóng'ǎixīng)
• 褐矮星 (hè'ǎixīng)

 

See also

• 巨星 (jùxīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矮	星
わい Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

矮(わい)星(せい) • (waisei) 

1. (astronomy) dwarf star

Antonyms

• 巨星