冥王星

Chinese

		king of hell	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (冥王星)		冥王	星

冥王星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míngwángxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ wong⁴ sing¹ / ming⁵ wong⁴ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mèn-vòng-sên
• Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-uòng-sĭng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ / Bêng-ông-chheⁿ / Mî-ông-chhiⁿ / Mê-ông-chheⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-waon-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míngwángxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míngwángsing
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-wang²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Míng-wáng-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingwangshing
    • Palladius: Минвансин (Minvansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ wong⁴ sing¹ / ming⁵ wong⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: mìhng wòhng sīng / míhng wòhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ wong⁴ sing¹ / ming⁵ wong⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ wong⁴ xing¹ / ming⁵ wong⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /mɪŋ¹³ wɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèn-vòng-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: men^ˇ vong^ˇ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: men² vong² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /men¹¹ voŋ¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-uòng-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bîng-ông-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'ongchvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-ông-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bîng-ông-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'ongzhvef
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-ông-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Mî-ông-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'ongchvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mê-ông-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Mê-ông-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: me'ongzhvef
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min-waon-shin
    • MiniDict: min^去 waon shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-hhuaan-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Proper noun

冥王星

2. (astronomy) Pluto (The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet)

Derived terms

• 冥王星人 (míngwángxīngrén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥	王	星
めい Grade: S	おう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]
• (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])

Proper noun

冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) • (Meiōsei) ^{←めいわうせい (Meiwausei)?}

1. Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
   • 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 32(サーティツー)　無(む)限(げん)６(シックス)　３(さん)戦(せん)士(し) [Act 32: Infinity 6: 3 Warriors]”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:

     ——そして　冥(めい)界(かい)の星(ほし)冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい)を守(しゅ)護(ご)にもつセーラープルート

     ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto

     —And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

See also

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の準(じゅん)惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), 冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) (Meiōsei, “Pluto”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 共工(きょうこう) (Kyōkō, “Gonggong”), エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ^{(Category: ja:Dwarf planets of the Solar System)}
• プルートー (Purūtō)
• 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei)
• 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei)

References

• “冥王星”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
冥	王	星

Proper noun

冥王星 • (Myeong-wangseong or McCune-Reischauer: Myŏngwangsŏng or Yale: Myeng.wangseng) (hangeul 명왕성)

1. hanja form^? of 명왕성 (“Pluto”)