衛星

See also: 卫星

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (衛星/衞星)		衛/衞	星
simp. (卫星)		卫	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèixīng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ sing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên
Min Dong (BUC): ôi-sĭng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ōe-chhiⁿ / ōe-chheⁿ / ūi-chhiⁿ / ūi-chheⁿ / ōe-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê⁶ cên¹
Wu (Wiktionary): hhue xin (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèixīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshing
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèixīngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshiengl
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɕjɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: waih sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    彗星
    衛星／卫星
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ sen¹
  - IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ôi-sĭng
  - IPA ^(key): /uoi²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uē-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexchvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uē-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uī-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixchvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uī-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê⁶ cên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uĕ tsheⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /ue³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhue xin (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɯe̞²² ɕɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

衛星

(astronomy) satellite; moon
man-made satellite
衛星圖像 / 卫星图像 ― wèixīng túxiàng ― satellite image

衛星導航系統 / 卫星导航系统 ― wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng ― satellite navigation system
(by extension, chiefly Mainland China) hyperbolic, often extremely unrealistic claims or goals
放衛星 / 放卫星 ― fàng wèixīng ― to make an unrealistic statement

Derived terms

Derived terms from 衛星

人造衛星／人造卫星 (rénzào wèixīng)
低軌道衛星／低轨道卫星
偵察衛星／侦察卫星
傳播衛星／传播卫星
全球定位系統衛星測量／全球定位系统卫星测量
同步衛星／同步卫星
國際傳播衛星公司／国际传播卫星公司
導航衛星／导航卫星
攜帶式衛星通信系統／携带式卫星通信系统
氣象衛星／气象卫星 (qìxiàngwèixīng)
海事衛星／海事卫星
測量衛星／测量卫星
直播衛星／直播卫星
衛星國家／卫星国家

衛星定位測繪點／卫星定位测绘点
衛星導航／卫星导航
衛星日蝕／卫星日蚀
衛星轉播／卫星转播
衛星通信／卫星通信 (wèixīng tōngxìn)
衛星都市／卫星都市 (wèixīng dūshì)
衛星門診／卫星门诊
衛星雲圖／卫星云图
衛星電視／卫星电视 (wèixīng diànshì)
衛星食／卫星食
衛視／卫视 (wèishì)
通信衛星／通信卫星
通訊衛星／通讯卫星 (tōngxùn wèixīng)
電視通訊衛星／电视通讯卫星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衛	星
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

衛 (ei, “to guard”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “celestial body”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) えーせー [èéséé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

衛星 (hiragana えいせい, rōmaji eisei, historical hiragana ゑいせい)

a satellite (a body orbiting a larger one; man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
衛	星

Noun

衛星 • (wiseong) (hangeul 위성)

Hanja form^? of 위성 (“satellite”).

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