北斗七星

Chinese

		Big Dipper; Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan	seven stars
trad. (北斗七星)		北斗	七星
simp. #(北斗七星)		北斗	七星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běidǒu Qīxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): bei^2-1 dou² qieh^4-5 xing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Běidǒu Qīxīng [Phonetic: béidǒuqīxīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou Chishing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǒu Cising
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹
    • Yale: bāk dáu chāt sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau² tsat⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ deo² ced¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bei^2-1 dou² qieh^4-5 xing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /pei⁵³⁻¹¹ təu⁵³ t͡ɕʰiəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ ɕĩŋ¹¹/

Proper noun

北斗七星

1. (astronomy) the Big Dipper; the Plough

Synonyms

• 北斗星 (Běidǒuxīng)
• (Jin) 轆轆把／辘辘把
• (Min Nan) 調羹仔星／调羹仔星

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	斗	七	星
ほく Grade: 2	と Grade: S	しち Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と)七(しち)星(せい) • (Hokuto Shichisei) 

1. (astronomy) the Big Dipper, the Plough

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Korean

Hanja in this term
北	斗	七	星

Noun

北斗七星 • (bukduchilseong) (hangeul 북두칠성)

1. Hanja form^? of 북두칠성 (“Big Dipper”).