王后星

Chinese edit

		queen consort	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (王后星)		王后	星

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wánghòuxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wánghòuxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wánghòusing
  - Wade–Giles: Wang²-hou⁴-hsing¹
  - Yale: Wáng-hòu-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wanghowshing
  - Palladius: Ванхоусин (Vanxousin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun edit

王后星

(astronomy) 20 Massalia
Synonym: 馬賽星／马赛星

Usage notes edit

The name 王后星 is a well-established 19th-century mistranslation by Li Shanlan. Some modern sources replace the name with the partial transliteration 馬賽星; however, the original form 王后星 remains common.

References edit

王后星 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh