昴宿

Chinese

		the Pleiades	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (昴宿)		昴	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎoxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎoxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎosiòu
    • Wade–Giles: Mao³-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: Mǎu-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maoshiow
    • Palladius: Маосю (Maosju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

昴宿

1. (Chinese astronomy) Hairy Head Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昴	宿
ぼう Jinmeiyō	しゅく Grade: 3

Proper noun

昴(ぼう)宿(しゅく) • (Bōshuku) 

1. (Chinese astronomy) the Hairy Head constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, corresponds to the Pleiades in English.

   Synonyms: 昴 (Bō), 昴星 (Bōsei)