司琴星

Chinese

		pianist or organist	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (司琴星)		司琴	星
simp. #(司琴星)		司琴	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sīqínxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sīqínxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihcínsing
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ¹-chʻin²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Sz̄-chín-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sychynshing
    • Palladius: Сыциньсин (Sycinʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

司琴星

1. (astronomy) 21 Lutetia

   Synonyms: 巴黎 (Bālí), 魯泰西亞／鲁泰西亚

Usage notes

The name 司琴星 (Sīqínxīng) is a well-established 19th-century mistranslation by Li Shanlan. Some modern sources replace the name with 巴黎 (Bālí, “Paris”) or the transliteration 魯泰西亞／鲁泰西亚; however, the original form 司琴星 (Sīqínxīng) remains common.

References

• 司琴星 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh