帝星

Chinese

		emperor	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (帝星)		帝	星
Literally: “emperor star”.

Etymology

It is located in the middle of the constellation known as Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣), which resembles an imperial palace. Consequently, many of the stars were named for the person or building that might have been located in a given part of the palace.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dìxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dìsing
    • Wade–Giles: Ti⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: Dì-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihshing
    • Palladius: Дисин (Disin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai³ sing¹
    • Yale: dai sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

帝星

1. (astronomy) Beta Ursae Minoris