流星

Chinese

 
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
star; satellite; small amount
trad. (流星)
simp. #(流星)

Pronunciation


Noun

流星

  1. (astronomy) meteor; shooting star (Classifier: )
    美好時光那樣短暫宛若天空流星轉瞬即逝 [MSC, trad.]
    美好时光那样短暂宛若天空流星转瞬即逝 [MSC, simp.]
    Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]
    Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.
  2. Alternative name for 流星錘流星锤 (liúxīngchuí).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 流星 (MC lɨu seŋ).

Attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dating to 728.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りゅうせー [ryùúséé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲɨᵝːse̞ː]

Noun

(りゅう)(せい) (ryūsei) りうせい (riusei)?

  1. (astronomy) a meteor, a shooting star, a falling star
    • 2001 January 23, Kurumada, Masami, “女神(アテナ)聖闘士(セイント)(まき) [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saint(セイント)(セイ)() [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 60:
      ペガサス(りゅう)(せい)(けん)
      Pegasasu Ryūseiken‼
      Pegasus Meteor Fists‼
    Synonyms: 走り星 (hashiriboshi), 夜這い星 (yobaiboshi), 奔星 (honsei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
なが(れ)
Grade: 3
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 流星 – see the following entry.
ながぼし
[noun] [from 1137] (astronomy) synonym of 流星 (ryūsei, meteor, shooting star, falling star)
(This term, 流星, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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