新星

新星

Chinese

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (新星)		新	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: xīnxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshing
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 新星 新興／新兴

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sing¹
    • Yale: sān sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

新星

1. (astronomy) nova
2. (figuratively) rising star; new star

   體壇新星 / 体坛新星  ―  tǐtán xīnxīng  ―  new sports star

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	星
しん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

新 (shin-, “new”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “star”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しんせー [shìńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

新星 (hiragana しんせい, rōmaji shinsei)

1. (astronomy) a nova

See also

• 超 (ちょう)新 (しん)星 (せい) (chōshinsei)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN