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星夜

星夜

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	night
simp. and trad. (星夜)		星	夜

Noun

星夜

(literary) a night where the stars are out
(literary) nighttime
(literary) day and night; non-stop

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīngyè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ je⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-ya
Min Nan (POJ): seng-iā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīngyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ je⁶
  - Yale: sīng yeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ je⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen´ ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ ya⁴
  - IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯a⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-ya
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen´ (r)ia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ ya⁴
  - IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯a⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-iā
  - Tâi-lô: sing-iā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seng'ia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ ia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ia³³/