衛星

See also: 卫星

Chinese

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

Wikipedia has articles on:

衛星 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Ôi-sĭng (Eastern Min)

Etymology

“Satellite” in the grammar sense is a semantic loan from English satellite.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèixīng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁶ sing¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vi⁵ lhen¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên
Eastern Min (BUC): ôi-sĭng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ōe-chhiⁿ / ōe-chheⁿ / ūi-chhiⁿ / ūi-chheⁿ / ōe-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê⁶ cên¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèixīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèising
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-hsing¹
  - Yale: wèi-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshing
  - Palladius: вэйсин (vɛjsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèixīngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèisingr
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-hsing¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: wèi-syīngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshiengl
  - Palladius: вэйсинр (vɛjsinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ sing¹
  - Yale: waih sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    彗星
    衛星／卫星
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vi⁵ lhen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vi³² ɬen³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ôi-sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uē-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexchvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uē-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhvef
  - IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uī-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixchvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: uī-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê⁶ cên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uĕ tsheⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-shin
  - MiniDict: we^去 shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

衛星

(astronomy) satellite; moon (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 c mn)
man-made satellite (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c)
衛星圖像／卫星图像 ― wèixīng túxiàng ― satellite image

衛星導航系統／卫星导航系统 ― wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng ― satellite navigation system
(by extension, chiefly Mainland China) hyperbolic, often extremely unrealistic claims or goals
放衛星／放卫星 ― fàng wèixīng ― to make an unrealistic statement
(grammar) satellite

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衛星):

→ Japanese: 衛星(えいせい) (eisei)
→ Korean: 위성(衛星) (wiseong)
→ Vietnamese: vệ tinh (衛星)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
衞星 (kyūjitai)

衛星 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

衛 (ei, “to guard”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “celestial body”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えーせー [èéséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

衛(えい)星(せい) • (eisei) ^{←ゑいせい (weisei)^?}

(astronomy) a satellite (a body orbiting a larger one; man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
衛	星

Noun

衛星 • (wiseong) (hangeul 위성)

hanja form^? of 위성 (“satellite”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衛	星

Noun

衛星

chữ Hán form of vệ tinh (“satellite”).

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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