星座

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (星座)		星	座

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ zo⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-chho
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng-cô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng-chǒ / seng-chō / chheⁿ-chō / chhiⁿ-chō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ zo⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin-zu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singzuò
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-tso⁴
    • Yale: syīng-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingtzuoh
    • Palladius: синцзо (sinczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ zo⁶
    • Yale: sīng joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen¹ co⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng-cô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chǒ
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tsǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ t͡so²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-chō
    • Tâi-lô: sing-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengzoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡so³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chō
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chō
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡so³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ zo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ tsō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ t͡so¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shin-zu
    • MiniDict: shin^平 zu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin-zu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵⁵ zu²¹/

Noun

星座

1. (astronomy) constellation
2. (astrology) astrological sign; star sign

Synonyms

• (constellation): 星宿 (xīngxiù)

Derived terms

• 大熊星座
• 大犬星座
• 天鵝星座／天鹅星座
• 天鷹星座／天鹰星座
• 小熊星座
• 獵戶星座／猎户星座

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (星座):

• → Japanese: 星座(せいざ) (seiza)
• → Korean: 성좌(星座) (seongjwa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	座
せい Grade: 2	ざ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーざ [sèézá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːza̠]

Noun

星(せい)座(ざ) • (seiza) 

1. (astronomy) constellation
2. (astrology) astrological sign

Korean

Hanja in this term
星	座

Noun

星座 • (seongjwa) (hangeul 성좌)

1. hanja form^? of 성좌 (“constellation”)