冥王星

Chinese

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

冥王星

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) (Meiōsei)

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

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèn-vòng-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: menˇ vongˇ sen´
    • 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
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
    • 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
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • 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
    • 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
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

1. (astronomy) Pluto

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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.

Proper noun

冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) or 冥王星(proper) • (meiōsei or proper) ^{←めいわうせい (meiwausei)?}[[Category:Japanese
|めいおうせい]]

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 (deprecated template usage) [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

Descendants

• → Chinese: 冥王星 (Míngwángxīng)
• → Korean: 명왕성 (Myeong'wangseong)

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); 2007 OR10 (2007 OR10), エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), ヴァルナ (Varuna, “Varuna”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), サラキア (Sarakia, “Salacia”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) (Meiōsei, “Pluto”) ^{(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

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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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”).