水星

水星

Chinese

		water; river	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (水星)		水	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuǐxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Súi-sên
• Min Dong (BUC): Cūi-sĭng
• Min Nan (POJ): Chúi-chhiⁿ / Chúi-chheⁿ
• Wu (Wiktionary): sr xin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěising
    • Wade–Giles: Shui³-hsing¹
    • Yale: Shwěi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeishing
    • Palladius: Шуйсин (Šujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sing¹
    • Yale: séui sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Súi-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ sen²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Cūi-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuí-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuychvy
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tsuí-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sr xin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕˠiuɪ^X  seŋ/

Rime
Character	水	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	式軌切	桑經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕˠiuɪX/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷᵚiX/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuɪX/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕjwiX/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕjuiX/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕwiX/	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕwiX/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǐ	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2	sing1

Proper noun

水星

1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

• (historical astronomy) 辰星 (Chénxīng)

Derived terms

水星臺／水星台 (Shuǐxīngtái)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (Dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	星
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

水星

Etymology

From Chinese 水星 (in reference to Wu Xing, literally “water star”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝise̞ː]

Proper noun

水(すい)星(せい) • (Suisei) 

1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

• マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
• (archaic) 辰(しん)星(せい) (Shinsei)
• (archaic) 水(すい)曜(よう) (Suiyō)

Derived terms

• 水(すい)星(せい)丘(きゅう) (Suiseikyū, “mount of Mercury”)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}
• メルクリウス (Merukuriusu)
• 水(すい)銀(ぎん) (suigin, “mercury”)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
水	星

Proper noun

水星 • (Suseong or McCune-Reischauer: Susŏng or Yale: Swuseng) (hangeul 수성)

1. Hanja form^? of 수성 (“Mercury”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
水	星

Proper noun

水星

1. chữ Hán form of Thuỷ tinh (“Mercury”).