七曜

七曜

Chinese

		seven	dazzle; glorious
simp. and trad. (七曜)		七	曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jiu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiyaw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ jiu⁶
    • Yale: chāt yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yiu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯²²/

Noun

七曜

1. the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
2. (literary) Alternative name for 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng, “Big Dipper”).
3. (archaic) the seven days of the week

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (七曜):

• → Japanese: 七曜 (しちよう) (shichiyō)
• → Korean: 칠요 (七曜, chiryo)
• → Vietnamese: thất diệu (七曜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	曜
しち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕijo̞ː]

Noun

七曜 (hiragana しちよう, rōmaji shichiyō, historical hiragana しちえう)

1. the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
2. the seven days of the week

Related terms

• 六曜 (ろくよう) (rokuyō)