七曜

Chinese

		seven	dazzle; glorious
trad. (七曜)		七	曜
simp. #(七曜)		七	曜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ jiu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciyào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: chī-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiyaw
    • Palladius: цияо (cijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ jiu⁶
    • Yale: chāt yiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ jiu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ yiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯²²/

Noun

七曜

1. the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
2. (literary) Alternative name for 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng, “Big Dipper”).
3. (archaic) the seven days of the week

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (七曜):

• → Japanese: 七曜(しちよう) (shichiyō)
• → Korean: 칠요(七曜) (chiryo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	曜
しち Grade: 1	よう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕijo̞ː]

Noun

七(しち)曜(よう) • (shichiyō) ^{←しちえう (sitieu)?}

1. the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
2. the seven days of the week

Related terms

• 六曜(ろくよう) (rokuyō)