太歲
Appearance
See also: 太岁
Chinese
[edit]too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
year; years old; (a measure word) | ||
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trad. (太歲) | 太 | 歲 | |
simp. (太岁) | 太 | 岁 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tàisuèi
- Wade–Giles: Tʻai4-sui4
- Yale: Tài-swèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taysuey
- Palladius: Тайсуй (Tajsuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: taai3 seoi3
- Yale: taai seui
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai3 soey3
- Guangdong Romanization: tai3 sêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯³³ sɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
[edit]太歲
- (astronomy, astrology) the twelve or (later) sixty stars considered to oppose Jupiter during its roughly twelve year orbital cycle
- (mythology, religion) the twelve or sixty gods personifying these stars and considered to control each year of the cycle, (particularly) the god of the current year