剋星

Chinese

		subdue	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (剋星)		剋	星
simp. (克星)		克	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ sing¹
Min Nan (POJ): khek-chheⁿ / khek-chhiⁿ / khek-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèxīng → kèxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.shing
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /kʰɤ⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ sing¹
  - Yale: hāk sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khik-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qekzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khik-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qekchvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-seng
  - Tâi-lô: khik-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeksefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

剋星

(figuratively) nemesis; natural enemy

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