老人星

Chinese

		old person; the old; the elderly old person; the old; the elderly; elder	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (老人星)		老人	星
simp. ^#(老人星)		老人	星
Literally: “Star of the Old Man”.

Etymology

See Old Man of the South Pole.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lǎorénxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lǎorénxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lǎorénsing
  - Wade–Giles: Lao³-jên²-hsing¹
  - Yale: Lǎu-rén-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Laorenshing
  - Palladius: Лаожэньсин (Laožɛnʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: lóuh yàhn sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yen⁴ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

老人星

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