天狼星

Chinese

			star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天狼星)		天狼	星
Literally: “Celestial Wolf Star”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiānlángxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ long⁴ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tiānlángxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianlangshing
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ long⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: tīn lòhng sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ long⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ long⁴ xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

天狼星

(astronomy) Sirius; Dog Star

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天狼星):

→ Japanese: 天 (てん)狼 (ろう)星 (せい) (tenrōsei)
→ Korean: 천랑성 (天狼星, cheollangseong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	狼	星
てん Grade: 1	ろう Jinmeiyō	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

天狼星 (hiragana てんろうせい, rōmaji Tenrōsei)

(astronomy) Sirius, Dog Star

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