壁宿

壁宿

Chinese

		wall; rampart	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (壁宿)		壁	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bìxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: Bìxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihshiow
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ sau³
    • Yale: bīk sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ seo³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³³/

Proper noun

壁宿

1. (astronomy) the Wall, a Chinese constellation near Pegasus and Andromeda, 14th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) and part of the Black Turtle (玄武).

Synonyms

• 壁 (bì)