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星河

星河

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	river
simp. and trad. (星河)		星	河

Proper noun

星河

(astronomy) Milky Way

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīnghé

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ ho⁴
Min Nan (POJ): seng-hô

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnghé
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄏㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingher
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ ho⁴
  - Yale: sīng hòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ ho⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-hô
  - Tâi-lô: sing-hô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: senghooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ hɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɤ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɤ¹³/