星霜

星霜

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	frost
simp. and trad. (星霜)		星	霜

Etymology

From the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngshuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīngshuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshuang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singshuang
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂwɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sing¹ soeng¹
    • Yale: sīng sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ sêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 星相 星霜

Noun

星霜

1. (literary, figuratively) time; years
2. (literary, figuratively) stars and frost in the morning; hardship; difficulty

Adjective

星霜

1. (literary, figuratively) gray; grizzled

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星霜):

• → Japanese: 星霜 (せいそう) (seisō)
• → Korean: 성상 (星霜, seongsang)
• → Vietnamese: tinh sương (星霜)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	霜
せい Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

seisau > seisɔː > seisoː. Literally "stars and frost", from the thought that a star revolves around the heavens in a year while frost occurs every year, hence a symbol of time.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

星霜 (hiragana せいそう, rōmaji seisō, historical hiragana せいさう)

1. time, years
2. one year

See also

• 年月 (nengetsu)
• 歳月 (saigetsu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
星	霜

Noun

星霜 • (seongsang) (hangeul 성상)

1. Hanja form^? of 성상.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
星	霜

Noun

星霜

1. Hán tự form of tinh sương.