鎮星

Chinese

		composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (鎮星)		鎮	星
simp. (镇星)		镇	星
alternative forms		填星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhènxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhènxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhènsing
    • Wade–Giles: Chên⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: Jèn-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jennshing
    • Palladius: Чжэньсин (Čžɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 振興／振兴 鎮星／镇星

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan³ sing¹
    • Yale: jan sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trinH seng

Rime
Character	鎮	星
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	陟刃切	桑經切
Baxter	trinH	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiɪnH/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚinH/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶienH/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjinH/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ȶjĕnH/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/ȶǐĕnH/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ĕnH/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan3	sing1

Proper noun

鎮星

1. (historical astronomy) Saturn (the second largest planet in Earth's solar system)

Synonyms

• 土星 (Tǔxīng)