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北斗星

北斗星

Chinese

		Big Dipper	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (北斗星)		北斗	星

Proper noun

北斗星

The Big Dipper, Plough.

Synonyms

北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Běidǒuxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau² sing¹
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-táu-chheⁿ / Pak-táu-chhiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běidǒuxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidooushing
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ dau² sing¹
  - Yale: bāk dáu sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau² sing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu-chheⁿ / Pak-táu-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-táu-tshenn / Pak-táu-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakdawzhvef, pakdawchvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ taʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ³³/, /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ taʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁵ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /pak̚³²⁻⁴ taʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/