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星宿

星宿

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (星宿)		星	宿

Noun

星宿

constellation

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīngxiù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ sau³
Min Nan (POJ): seng-siù / chheⁿ-siù / chhiⁿ-siù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīngxiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshiow
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing¹ sau³
  - Yale: sīng sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ sau³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-siù
  - Tâi-lô: sing-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ ɕiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-siù
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvesiux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-siù
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvisiux
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiu¹¹/