惑星

Chinese

		confuse	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (惑星)		惑	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waak⁶ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòsing
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: hwò-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohshing
    • Palladius: хосин (xosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waak⁶ sing¹
    • Yale: waahk sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waak⁹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wag⁶ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːk̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

惑星

1. (astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of 行星 (xíngxīng, “planet”) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

   • 據此推之，當必有以彈為車之一日。及爾時，則諸惑星與地球上通信之法，甚易處置了。 [MSC, trad.]
     据此推之，当必有以弹为车之一日。及尔时，则诸惑星与地球上通信之法，甚易处置了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1903, Jules Verne, translated by 魯迅 [Lu Xun], 《月界旅行》 [From the Earth to the Moon], chapter 8

     Jù cǐ tuī zhī, dāng bì yǒu yǐ dàn wéi chē zhī yī rì. Jí ěrshí, zé zhū huòxīng yǔ dìqiú shàng tōngxìn zhī fǎ, shèn yì chǔzhì le. [Pinyin]

     Well, the projectile is the vehicle of the future, and the planets themselves are nothing else! [English by Lewis Page Mercier and Eleanor E. King]
     If you extrapolate based on this, there must be a day when the projectile is a vehicle. At that time, transportation between the planets and earth will be very easy to deal with. [literal English translation]

   • 我們地球本身是一顆惑星，用極快的速度在天空裡行動；如在中途遇着這樣的事變，也是說不定的。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们地球本身是一颗惑星，用极快的速度在天空里行动；如在中途遇着这样的事变，也是说不定的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924 June 25, Camille Flammarion, translated by 山木, 《世界如何終局》 [Omega: The Last Days of the World], chapter 1, in 《晨报副鎸》, issue 145, page 3

     Wǒmen dìqiú běnshēn shì yī kē huòxīng, yòng jí kuài de sùdù zài tiānkōng lǐ xíngdòng; rú zài zhōngtú yù zháo zhèyàng de shìbiàn, yě shì shuōbùdìng de. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惑	星
わく Grade: S	せい Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

惑星 (wakusei): a collection of planets.

Etymology

Wasei kango: Calque of Dutch dwaalster (literally “wander star”), composed as a compound of 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) +‎ 星 (sei, “star”).

Coined in 1792 by Dutch-Japanese translator 本木良永 (Motoki Yoshinaga) in his 太陽窮理了解説 (Taiyō Kyūri Ryōkai Setsu, “Theory of Understanding on the Natural Study of the Sun”), a translation of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and its heliocentric model.

Also cited in the 1805 work 和蘭通舶 (Oranda Tsūhaku, “Holland Liner”) by 司馬江漢 (Shiba Kōkan).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わくせー [wàkúséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

惑(わく)星(せい) • (wakusei) 

1. [from 1792] (astronomy) planet

   Synonyms: 遊星 (yūsei), (perceived as the Chinese term) 行星 (kōsei)

   あの星(ほし)は恒(こう)星(せい)じゃなくて、惑(わく)星(せい)です。

   Ano hoshi wa kōsei ja nakute, wakusei desu.

   That light isn't a star, it's a planet.

2. [from 1933] (archaic) a dark horse

   Synonym: ダークホース (dāku hōsu)

   政(せい)界(かい)の惑(わく)星(せい)

   seikai no wakusei

   a dark horse in the political world

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}

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
惑	星

Noun

惑星 • (hokseong) (hangeul 혹성)

1. Hanja form^? of 혹성 (“planet”).