孛星

Chinese

		comet	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (孛星)		孛	星
anagram		星孛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèixīng, bóxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄅㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèising
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: bèi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beyshing
    • Palladius: бэйсин (bɛjsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bósing
    • Wade–Giles: po²-hsing¹
    • Yale: bwó-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borshing
    • Palladius: босин (bosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶ sing¹
    • Yale: buht sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bwojH|bwot seng

Rime
Character	孛	孛	星
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	沒 (56)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	IV
Fanqie	蒲昧切	蒲没切	桑經切
Baxter	bwojH	bwot	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌiH/	/buət̚/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/buoiH/	/buot̚/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəjH/	/bwət̚/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/buᴀiH/	/buət̚/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆iH/	/bʱuət̚/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	bó	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui6	but6	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤ[u]t-s|[b]ˤ[u]t  s-tsʰˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːds|bɯːd  sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	孛	孛	星
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bèi	bó	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ bwojH ›	‹ bwot ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁ[u]t-s/	/*[b]ˁ[u]t/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	comet	comet	star
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孛	孛	星
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	970	982	11371
Phonetic component	孛	孛	生
Rime group	隊	物	耕
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	佩	勃	星
Old Chinese	/*bɯːds/	/*bɯːd/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes			説文曐或體

Noun

孛星

1. (archaic) comet, or a type of comet
2. (archaic, figurative, astrology) ominous star