行星
Chinese
to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional | star; satellite; small amount | ||
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simp. and trad. (行星) | 行 | 星 |
Etymology
Coined by Alexander Wylie and Li Shanlan in 1859 in their translation of John Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy:
- 前數卷屢言,月與行星于刻白爾所定三例外,尚有小差,名曰攝動。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: John Herschel (侯失勒約翰), 1849. Outlines of Astronomy, Chapter 5. Translated into the Chinese by Alexander Wylie (偉烈亞力) and Li Shanlan (李善蘭) as《談天》in 1859.[1][2]
- Qián shù juàn lǚ yán, yuè yǔ xíngxīng yú Kèbái'ěr suǒdìng sānlì wài, shàngyǒu xiǎochā, míngyuē shèdòng. [Pinyin]
- In the progress of this work, we have more than once called the reader's attention to the existence of inequalities in the lunar and planetary motions not included in the expression of Kepler's laws, but in some sort supplementary to them, and of an order so far subordinate to those leading features of the celestial movements. These inequalities are known, in physical astronomy, by the name of perturbations.
前数卷屡言,月与行星于刻白尔所定三例外,尚有小差,名曰摄动。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Noun
行星
- (astronomy) planet (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 粒 c mn; 個/个 c)
Synonyms
- (rare) 惑星 (huòxīng)
- (obsolete) 遊星/游星 (yóuxīng)
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (行星):
- → Korean: 행성(行星) (haengseong)
- → Vietnamese: hành tinh (行星)
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)
References
- John F.W. Herschel (1849) Outlines of Astronomy, 10 edition, London: Longmans, Greens, and Co., published 1893, pages 410
- 侯失勒 (1859), 偉烈亞力;李善蘭, transl., 談天 (萬有文庫) (in Chinese), volume 3, 上海: 商務印書館, published 1929
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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行 | 星 |
Noun
行星 • (haengseong) (hangeul 행성)
- Hanja form? of 행성 (“planet”).
See also
- 위성 (wiseong)
Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term | |
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行 | 星 |
Noun
行星
- chữ Hán form of hành tinh (“planet”).