二十八宿

Chinese

		twenty-eight; 28	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (二十八宿)		二十八	宿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Èrshíbā Xiù

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Èrshíbā Xiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshyba1 Shiow
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pa̠⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

二十八宿

(astronomy) the Twenty-Eight Mansions (a part of the Chinese constellations system, composed of 28 constellations divided into four regions—the Four Symbols (四象).)

Hyponyms

List of the The Four Symbols and Twenty-Eight Mansions

青龍／青龙 (qīnglóng, “Azure Dragon”)
- 1 角 (Jiăo, “Horn”)
- 2 亢 (Kàng, “Neck”)
- 3 氐 (Dĭ, “Root”)
- 4 房 (Fáng, “Room”)
- 5 心 (Xīn, “Heart”)
- 6 尾 (Wěi, “Tail”)
- 7 箕 (Jī, “Winnowing Basket”)
玄武 (Xuánwǔ, “Black Tortoise”)
- 8 斗 (Dǒu, “Dipper”)
- 9 牛 (Niú, “Ox”)
- 10 女 (Nǚ, “Girl”)
- 11 虛／虚 (Xū, “Emptiness”)
- 12 危 (Wēi, “Rooftop”)
- 13 室 (Shì, “Encampment”)
- 14 壁 (Bì, “Wall”)
白虎 (Bái Hǔ, “White Tiger”)
- 15 奎 (Kuí, “Legs”)
- 16 婁／娄 (Lóu, “Bond”)
- 17 胃 (Wèi, “Stomach”)
- 18 昴 (Mǎo, “Hairy Head”)
- 19 畢／毕 (Bì, “Net”)
- 20 觜 (Zī, “Turtle Beak”)
- 21 參／参 (Shēn, “Three Stars”)
朱雀 (zhūquè, “Vermilion Bird”)
- 22 井 (Jǐng, “Well”)
- 23 鬼 (Guǐ, “Ghost”)
- 24 柳 (Liǔ, “Willow”)
- 25 星 (Xīng, “Star”)
- 26 張／张 (Zhāng, “Extended Net”)
- 27 翼 (Yì, “Wings”)
- 28 軫／轸 (Zhěn, “Chariot”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	十	八	宿
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	はち > はっ Grade: 1	しゅく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Chinese 二十八宿

Proper noun

二十八宿 (hiragana にじゅうはっしゅく, rōmaji Nijūhasshuku)

(astronomy) the Twenty-Eight Mansions

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