老人星

Chinese

		old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (老人星)		老人	星
simp. #(老人星)		老人	星
Literally: “Star of the Old Man”.

Etymology

See Old Man of the South Pole.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǎorénxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎorénxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎorénsing
    • Wade–Giles: Lao³-jên²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Lǎu-rén-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laorenshing
    • Palladius: Лаожэньсин (Laožɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: lóuh yàhn sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

老人星

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