北斗

Chinese

		north	ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
trad. (北斗)		北	斗
simp. #(北斗)		北	斗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Běidǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-téu
• Min Nan (POJ): Pak-táu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Běidǒu [Phonetic: béidǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Pei³-tou³
    • Yale: Běi-dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou
    • Palladius: Бэйдоу (Bɛjdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ dau²
    • Yale: bāk dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ deo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-téu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bed` deu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ deu³
    • Sinological IPA: /pet̚² teu̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu
    • Tâi-lô: Pak-táu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pakdao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁴¹/

Proper noun

北斗

1. Big Dipper
2. (～市) Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
3. (～鎮) Beidou (an urban township in Changhua, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

• 北斗星 (Běidǒuxīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北斗):

• → Japanese: 北斗(ほくと) (hokuto)
• → Korean: 북두 (北斗, bukdu)
• → Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu (北斗)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	斗
ほく Grade: 2	と Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ほ​くと [hóꜜkùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と) • (Hokuto) 

1. Big Dipper
2. a unisex given name
3. A city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
北	斗

Proper noun

北斗 • (Bukdu) (hangeul 북두)

1. Hanja form^? of 북두 (“Big Dipper”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
北	斗

Proper noun

北斗

1. chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu (“Big Dipper”).