水瓶座

水瓶座

Chinese

		water bottle	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (水瓶座)		水瓶	座

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐpíngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² ping⁴ zo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǐpíngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipyngtzuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² ping⁴ zo⁶
    • Yale: séui pìhng joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² ping⁴ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ping⁴ zo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɔː²²/

Noun

水瓶座

1. Aquarius

Synonyms

• 寶瓶座／宝瓶座 (bǎopíngzuò)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• みずがめ座

Etymology

水瓶座 (Mizugameza): the constellation of Aquarius.

Kanji in this term
水	瓶	座
みず Grade: 1	かめ > がめ Grade: S	ざ Grade: 6

Compound of 水瓶 (mizugame, “water jug”) +‎ 座 (-za, “constellation”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずがめざ [mìzúgámézá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝɡa̠me̞za̠]

Proper noun

水瓶座 (hiragana みずがめざ, rōmaji Mizugame-za, historical hiragana みづがめざ)

1. (astronomy) Aquarius

See also

• 宝瓶宮 (ほうへいきゅう, ​Hōhei-kyū)

References

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