牽牛星

See also: 牵牛星

Chinese

		longhorn beetle; longicorn	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (牽牛星)		牽牛	星
simp. (牵牛星)		牵牛	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiānniúxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-gû-chheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qiānniúxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ciannióusing
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻien¹-niu²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Chyān-nyóu-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiannioushing
    • Palladius: Цяньнюсин (Cjanʹnjusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: hīn ngàuh sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khan-gû-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 牽牛星

1. (astronomy) Altair

Synonyms

• 河鼓二 (Hégǔ'èr), (archaic) 簷鼓／檐鼓 (yángǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	牛	星
けん Jinmeiyō	ぎゅう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

From Chinese 牽牛星／牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng).

Proper noun

牽(けん)牛(ぎゅう)星(せい) • (Kengyūsei) ^{←けんぎうせい (kengiusei)?}

1. (astronomy) Synonym of アルタイル (Arutairu, “Altair”)