二十八宿

Chinese

		twenty-eight; 28	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
trad. (二十八宿)		二十八	宿
simp. #(二十八宿)		二十八	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Èrshíbā Xiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Èrshíhba Siòu
    • Wade–Giles: Êrh⁴-shih²-pa¹ Hsiu⁴
    • Yale: Èr-shŕ-bā Syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ellshyrba Shiow
    • Palladius: Эршиба Сю (Eršiba Sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 二十八宿

1. (astronomy) the Twenty-Eight Mansions (a part of the Chinese constellations system, composed of 28 constellations divided into four regions—the Four Symbols (四象).)

Hyponyms

List of the The Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Mansions

• 青龍／青龙 (qīnglóng, “Azure Dragon”)
  • 1 角 (Jiăo, “Horn”)
  • 2 亢 (Kàng, “Neck”)
  • 3 氐 (Dĭ, “Root”)
  • 4 房 (Fáng, “Room”)
  • 5 心 (Xīn, “Heart”)
  • 6 尾 (Wěi, “Tail”)
  • 7 箕 (Jī, “Winnowing Basket”)
• 玄武 (Xuánwǔ, “Black Tortoise”)
  • 8 斗 (Dǒu, “Dipper”)
  • 9 牛 (Niú, “Ox”)
  • 10 女 (Nǚ, “Girl”)
  • 11 虛／虚 (Xū, “Emptiness”)
  • 12 危 (Wēi, “Rooftop”)
  • 13 室 (Shì, “Encampment”)
  • 14 壁 (Bì, “Wall”)
• 白虎 (báihǔ, “White Tiger”)
  • 15 奎 (Kuí, “Legs”)
  • 16 婁／娄 (Lóu, “Bond”)
  • 17 胃 (Wèi, “Stomach”)
  • 18 昴 (Mǎo, “Hairy Head”)
  • 19 畢／毕 (Bì, “Net”)
  • 20 觜 (Zī, “Turtle Beak”)
  • 21 參／参 (Shēn, “Three Stars”)
• 朱雀 (zhūquè, “Vermilion Bird”)
  • 22 井 (Jǐng, “Well”)
  • 23 鬼 (Guǐ, “Ghost”)
  • 24 柳 (Liǔ, “Willow”)
  • 25 星 (Xīng, “Star”)
  • 26 張／张 (Zhāng, “Extended Net”)
  • 27 翼 (Yì, “Wings”)
  • 28 軫／轸 (Zhěn, “Chariot”)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	十	八	宿
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	しゅく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)

Proper noun

二(に)十(じゅう)八(はっ)宿(しゅく) • (Nijūhasshuku) 

1. (astronomy) the Twenty-Eight Mansions