牽牛星

牽牛星

See also: 牵牛星

Chinese

		longhorn beetle; longicorn	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (牽牛星)		牽牛	星
simp. (牵牛星)		牵牛	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qiānniúxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khan-gû-chheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Qiānniúxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chiannioushing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: hīn ngàuh sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ ngau⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ ngeo⁴ xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-gû-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khan-gû-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qan'guzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ gu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

牽牛星

1. (astronomy) Altair

Synonyms

• 河鼓二 (Hégǔ'èr), (archaic) 簷鼓／檐鼓 (yángǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
牽	牛	星
けん Jinmeiyō	ぎゅう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 牽牛星.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) けんぎゅ​うせー [kèńgyúꜜùsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲɡʲɨᵝːse̞ː]

Proper noun

牽牛星 (hiragana けんぎゅうせい, rōmaji Kengyūsei, historical hiragana けんぎうせい)

1. (astronomy) Synonym of アルタイル (Arutairu, “Altair”)