北斗星

北斗星

Chinese

		Big Dipper; Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (北斗星)		北斗	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běidǒuxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau² sing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): Pak-táu-chheⁿ / Pak-táu-chhiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Běidǒuxīng [Phonetic: béidǒuxīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidooushing
    • IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ dau² sing¹
    • Yale: bāk dáu sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ deo² xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-táu-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakdawzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-táu-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakdawchvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

北斗星

1. (astronomy) the Big Dipper; the Plough

Synonyms

• 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)
• (Min Nan) 調羹仔星／调羹仔星