天狼星

Chinese

			star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天狼星)		天狼	星
Literally: “Celestial Wolf Star”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānlángxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ long⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānlángxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianlángsing
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-lang²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Tyān-láng-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianlangshing
    • Palladius: Тяньлансин (Tjanʹlansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ long⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: tīn lòhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ long⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ long⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天狼星

1. (astronomy) Sirius; Dog Star

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天狼星):

• → Japanese: 天狼星(てんろうせい) (tenrōsei)
• → Korean: 천랑성(天狼星) (cheollangseong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	狼	星
てん Grade: 1	ろう Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

天(てん)狼(ろう)星(せい) • (Tenrōsei) 

1. (astronomy) Sirius, Dog Star