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衛星

衛星

See also: 卫星

Chinese

 
to guard; to protect; to defend; (surname)
 star; satellite; small amount
trad. (衛星) 衛 星
simp. (卫星) 卫 星

Noun

衛星

  1. (astronomy) satellite
  2. man-made satellite

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衛 星
えい
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

衛星 ‎(hiragana えいせい, romaji eisei)

  1. (astronomy) satellite - an object orbiting a celestial object.
  2. artificial satellite

Compounds

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term
衛 星

Noun

衛星 • ‎(wiseong) ‎(hangeul 위성)

  1. Hanja form? of 위성, “satellite”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheⁿ / ōe-chhiⁿ / ūi-chheⁿ / ūi-chhiⁿ / ōe-seng
      • Tâi-lô: uē-tshenn / uē-tshinn / uī-tshenn / uī-tshinn / uē-sing
      • Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhvef, oexchvy, uixzhvef, uixchvy, oexsefng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ui²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ui²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰẽ³³/, /ue⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/, /ui⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰẽ³³/, /ui⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/, /ue⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ui²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /ui²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ui³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ui³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ue³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ui³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /ui³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /ue³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

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