璇璣
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Chinese
[edit](jade) | irregular pearl | ||
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trad. (璇璣/璿璣) | 璇/璿 | 璣 | |
simp. (璇玑) | 璇 | 玑 | |
alternative forms | 璿璣/璇玑 琁璣/琁玑 旋璣/旋玑 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syuánji
- Wade–Giles: hsüan2-chi1
- Yale: sywán-jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanji
- Palladius: сюаньцзи (sjuanʹczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: syun4 gei1
- Yale: syùhn gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn4 gei1
- Guangdong Romanization: xun4 géi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]璇璣
- (Chinese astronomy) the “spoon”, or the first four stars of the Big Dipper
- (Chinese astronomy, by extension) Big Dipper
- (Chinese astronomy) Polaris
- (literary, figurative) authority; throne
- (historical) ancient astronomical instrument, especially the moving part of the instrument