北斗七星

Chinese

		Big Dipper; BeiDou	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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běidǒu Qīxīng [Phonetic: béidǒuqīxīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǒu Cising
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-tou³ Chʻi¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Běi-dǒu Chī-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou Chishing
    • Palladius: Бэйдоу Цисин (Bɛjdou Cisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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 ɕiŋ¹¹/

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
• (Hokkien) 調羹仔星／调羹仔星

Hyponyms

• 天樞／天枢, 北斗一
• 天璇, 北斗二
• 天璣／天玑 (Tiānjī), 北斗三
• 天權／天权, 北斗四
• 玉衡, 北斗五
• 開陽／开阳 (Kāiyáng), 北斗六
• 瑤光／瑶光 (Yáoguāng), 搖光／摇光, 北斗七

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北斗七星):

• → Japanese: 北斗七星(ほくとしちせい) (hokutoshichisei)
• → Korean: 북두칠성(北斗七星) (bukduchilseong)
• → Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (北斗七星)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほくとしちせー [hòkútó shíchíꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟to̞ ɕit͡ɕise̞ː]

Proper noun

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

1. the Big Dipper, the Plough

References

• “北斗七星”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	斗	七	星

Proper noun

北斗七星 • (Bukduchilseong) (hangeul 북두칠성)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北	斗	七	星

Proper noun

北斗七星

1. chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu thất tinh (“Big Dipper”)