行星

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (行星)		行	星

Etymology

Coined by Alexander Wylie and Li Shanlan in 1859 in their translation of John Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy:

前數卷屢言，月與行星于刻白爾所定三例外，尚有小差，名曰攝動。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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前数卷屡言，月与行星于刻白尔所定三例外，尚有小差，名曰摄动。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: John Herschel (侯失勒約翰), 1849. Outlines of Astronomy, Chapter 5. Translated into the Chinese by Alexander Wylie (偉烈亞力) and Li Shanlan (李善蘭) as《談天》in 1859.

Qián shù juàn lǚ yán, yuè yǔ xíngxīng yú Kèbái'ěr suǒdìng sānlì wài, shàngyǒu xiǎochā, míngyuē shèdòng. [Pinyin]

In the progress of this work, we have more than once called the reader's attention to the existence of inequalities in the lunar and planetary motions not included in the expression of Kepler's laws, but in some sort supplementary to them, and of an order so far subordinate to those leading features of the celestial movements. These inequalities are known, in physical astronomy, by the name of perturbations.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ sing¹, haang⁴ sing¹
• Min Dong (BUC): giàng-sĭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-chhiⁿ / hêng-chheⁿ / hêng-seng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gian⁵ cên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíngxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngsing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ sing¹, haang⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: hàhng sīng, hàahng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ sing¹, haang⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ xing¹, hang⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /häːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 恆星／恒星 行星

Note: Sometimes pronounced "haang4 sing1" to distinguish from 恆星／恒星 (hang4 sing1).

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giàng-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)niŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengchvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /heŋ²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gian⁵ cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiâⁿ tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/

Noun

行星

1. (astronomy) planet (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

Synonyms

• (rare) 惑星 (huòxīng)

Derived terms

• 行星系 (xíngxīngxì)

• 行星系統／行星系统 (xíngxīng xìtǒng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行星):

• → Korean: 행성 (行星, haengseong)
• → Vietnamese: hành tinh (行星)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (Dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
行	星

Noun

行星 • (haengseong) (hangeul 행성)

1. Hanja form^? of 행성 (“planet”).

See also

• 위성 (wiseong)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
行	星

Noun

行星

1. Hán tự form of hành tinh (“planet”).