金星

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (金星)		金	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīnxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Kîm-sên
• Eastern Min (BUC): Gĭng-sĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Kim-chhiⁿ / Kim-chheⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gim¹ cên¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹cin-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jinsing
    • Wade–Giles: Chin¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Jīn-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jinshing
    • Palladius: Цзиньсин (Czinʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ sing¹
    • Yale: gām sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kîm-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Gĭng-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Kim-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimchvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Kim-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gim¹ cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kim tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-shin
    • MiniDict: cin^平 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kim seng

Rime
Character	金	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	居吟切	桑經切
Baxter	kim	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	sing1

Proper noun

金星

2. Venus (planet)

Synonyms

• 啟明／启明 (qǐmíng)
• 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)
• 太白金星
• (Wu) 黃昏星／黄昏星

Derived terms

• 太白金星

 

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (Dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

Noun

金星

1. golden star
2. star (that one sees from blows to the head, etc.)

Derived terms

• 冒金星兒／冒金星儿
• 滿眼金星／满眼金星

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	星
きん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

金星

From Middle Chinese 金星 (MC kim seng, “metal star; Venus”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きんせー [kìńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Proper noun

金(きん)星(せい) • (Kinsei) 

2. (astronomy) Venus (planet)

Synonyms

• 金(きん)曜(よう) (Kin'yō) (archaic)

Derived terms

• 金(きん)星(せい)丘(きゅう) (Kinsei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Venus
• 金(きん)星(せい)草(そう) (Kinsei sō): “Venus grass”: alternate name for 栗(クリ)葉(ハ)欄(ラン) (kuriha ran), a type of fern of genus Neocheiropteris; alternate name for 三(ミツ)手(デ)裏(ウラ)星(ボシ) (mitsude uraboshi), a type of fern of genus Selliguea

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}
• ビーナス (Bīnasu): Venus, the Roman goddess

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	星
きん Grade: 1	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) き​んぼし [kíꜜǹbòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩmbo̞ɕi]

Noun

金(きん)星(ぼし) • (kinboshi) 

1. (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over a yokozuna
2. (sumo) a gold star mark displayed on the name and ranking board at a sumo competition indicating such a win
3. (figurative) a great deed

See also

• 銀(きん)星(ぼし) (kinboshi, “ginboshi”): (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over an ōzeki; a silver star

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
金	星

Proper noun

金星 • (Geumseong) (hangeul 금성)

1. Hanja form^? of 금성 (“Venus”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金	星

Proper noun

金星

1. chữ Hán form of Kim tinh (“Venus”).