觀象授時

Chinese

		to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	shape; form; appearance shape; form; appearance; elephant; image under a map (maths)	to teach; to instruct; to award to teach; to instruct; to award; to give	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (觀象授時)		觀	象	授	時
simp. (观象授时)		观	象	授	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānxiàngshòushí

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄕˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānxiàngshòushí
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄡˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansiàngshòushíh
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-hsiang⁴-shou⁴-shih²
    • Yale: gwān-syàng-shòu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanshianqshowshyr
    • Palladius: гуаньсяншоуши (guanʹsjanšouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

Noun

觀象授時

1. (chiefly historical) a primitive method of timekeeping based on mostly or entirely astronomical observations and little or no calculation