斗宿

Chinese

		ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (斗宿)		斗	宿
Literally: “dipper consellation”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dǒuxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau² sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dǒuxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dǒusiòu
    • Wade–Giles: Tou³-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: Dǒu-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dooushiow
    • Palladius: Доусю (Dousju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau² sau³
    • Yale: dáu sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau² sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo² seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³³/

Proper noun

斗宿

1. (astronomy) the Dipper, a Chinese constellation near Sagittarius

Synonyms

• 斗 (dǒu)

Hypernyms

• 玄武 (Xuánwǔ)
• 二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)