七星

Chinese

		seven	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (七星)		七	星
simp. #(七星)		七	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Qīxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ sing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-chheⁿ / Chhit-chhiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cising
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Chī-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chishing
    • Palladius: Цисин (Cisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹ sing¹
    • Yale: chāt sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chitchvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshit seng

Rime
Character	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	親吉切	桑經切
Baxter	tshit	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪt̚/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰit̚/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjet̚/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰit̚/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiĕt̚/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cat1	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]i[t]  s-tsʰˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰid  sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshit ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]i[t]/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	seven	star
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9910	11371
Phonetic component	七	生
Rime group	質	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	七	星
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰid/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes		説文曐或體

Proper noun

七星

1. (Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
2. Big Dipper
3. (～區) Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi, China)

Synonyms

• (Star Mansion): 星宿 (Xīngxiù)

Derived terms

• 七星壇／七星坛
• 七星山
• 七星岩 (Qīxīngyán)
• 七星板
• 七星燈／七星灯
• 七星瓢蟲／七星瓢虫 (qīxīng piáochóng)
• 七星臺／七星台 (Qīxīngtái)
• 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: Gihsingh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しつ > しっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Either a short-form of 北(ほく)斗(と)七星(しちせい) (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC tshit seng). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しちせー [shìchíséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕise̞ː]

• IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕːo̞ː]

Noun

七(しち)星(せい) or 七(しち)星(しょう) or 七(しっ)星(しょう) • (shichisei or shichishō or shisshō) ^{←しちしやう (sitisyau) or しつしやう (situsyau)?}

1. (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major

Korean

Hanja in this term
七	星

Noun

七星 • (chilseong) (hangeul 칠성)

1. hanja form^? of 칠성 (“Big Dipper”)