太歲

See also: 太岁

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	year; years old; (a measure word)
trad. (太歲)		太	歲
simp. (太岁)		太	岁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàisuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ seoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàisuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàisuèi
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-sui⁴
    • Yale: Tài-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taysuey
    • Palladius: Тайсуй (Tajsuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ seoi³
    • Yale: taai seui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ soey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ sêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɵy̯³³/

Proper noun

太歲

1. (astronomy, astrology) the twelve or (later) sixty stars considered to oppose Jupiter during its roughly twelve year orbital cycle
2. (mythology, religion) the twelve or sixty gods personifying these stars and considered to control each year of the cycle, (particularly) the god of the current year

Derived terms

• 太歲頭上動土／太岁头上动土 (tàisuì tóushàng dòngtǔ)
• 犯太歲／犯太岁 (fàn tàisuì)