璇璣

Chinese

		(jade)	irregular pearl
trad. (璇璣/璿璣)		璇/璿	璣
simp. (璇玑)		璇	玑
alternative forms		璿璣／璇玑 琁璣／琁玑 旋璣／旋玑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánji
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-chi¹
    • Yale: sywán-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanji
    • Palladius: сюаньцзи (sjuanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: syùhn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

璇璣

1. (Chinese astronomy) the “spoon”, or the first four stars of the Big Dipper
2. (Chinese astronomy, by extension) Big Dipper
3. (Chinese astronomy) Polaris
4. (literary, figurative) authority; throne
5. (historical) ancient astronomical instrument, especially the moving part of the instrument

Derived terms

• 璇璣玉衡／璇玑玉衡