星孛

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	comet
simp. and trad. (星孛)		星	孛
anagram		孛星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngbèi, xīngbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄟˋ, ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ but⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngbèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singbèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-pei⁴
    • Yale: syīng-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingbey
    • Palladius: синбэй (sinbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singbó
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-po²
    • Yale: syīng-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingbor
    • Palladius: синбо (sinbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ but⁶
    • Yale: sīng buht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ but⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ bud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ puːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: seng bwojH|bwot

Rime
Character	星	孛	孛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	灰 (42)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I	I
Fanqie	桑經切	蒲昧切	蒲没切
Baxter	seng	bwojH	bwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seŋ/	/buʌiH/	/buət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/seŋ/	/buoiH/	/buot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛŋ/	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjŋ/	/bwəjH/	/bwət̚/
Li Rong	/seŋ/	/buᴀiH/	/buət̚/
Wang Li	/sieŋ/	/buɒiH/	/buət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieŋ/	/bʱuɑ̆iH/	/bʱuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīng	bèi	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing1	bui6	but6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tsʰˤeŋ  [b]ˤ[u]t-s|[b]ˤ[u]t/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sleːŋ  bɯːds|bɯːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	星	孛	孛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xīng	bèi	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ seng ›	‹ bwojH ›	‹ bwot ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/	/*[b]ˁ[u]t-s/	/*[b]ˁ[u]t/
English	star	comet	comet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	星	孛	孛
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
No.	11371	970	982
Phonetic component	生	孛	孛
Rime group	耕	隊	物
Rime subdivision	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	星	佩	勃
Old Chinese	/*sleːŋ/	/*bɯːds/	/*bɯːd/
Notes	説文曐或體

Noun

星孛

1. (archaic, Chinese astronomy) comet

   • 「秋，七月，有星孛入于北斗。」孛者何？彗星也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

     “Qiū, qīyuè, yǒu xīngbèi rù yú Běidoǔ.” Bèi zhě hé? Huìxīng yě. [Pinyin]

     "Autumn, the seventh month, there was a xingbei entering the Northern Dipper." What was it that was called bei? It was a comet.