七星

Chinese

		seven	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (七星)		七	星
simp. #(七星)		七	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ sing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhit-chheⁿ / chhit-chhiⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cising
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: chī-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishing
    • Palladius: цисин (cisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ sing¹
    • Yale: chāt sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshit-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitchvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 七星

1. Big Dipper; Ursa Major

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しつ > しっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Either a short-form of 北(ほく)斗(と)七星(しちせい) (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC tshit seng). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

七(しち)星(せい) • (shichisei) 
(alternative reading hiragana しちしょう, rōmaji shichishō, historical hiragana しちしやう)
(alternative reading hiragana しっしょう, rōmaji shisshō, historical hiragana しつしやう)

1. (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major