北斗七星

Chinese

		Big Dipper	seven stars
simp. and trad. (北斗七星)		北斗	七星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běidǒu Qīxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau² cat¹ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Běidǒu Qīxīng [Phonetic: béidǒuqīxīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou Chishing
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北斗七星

1. (astronomy) The Big Dipper; the Plough

Synonyms

• 北斗星 (Běidǒuxīng)

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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

北斗七星 (hiragana ほくとしちせい, rōmaji Hokuto Shichisei)

1. (astronomy) the Big Dipper, the Plough