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

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

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• 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

1. (astronomy) satellite; moon (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 c mn)
2. 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

3. (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

4. (grammar) satellite

Derived terms

• 人造衛星 / 人造卫星 (rénzào wèixīng)
• 低軌道衛星 / 低轨道卫星
• 偵察衛星 / 侦察卫星
• 傳播衛星 / 传播卫星
• 全球定位系統衛星測量 / 全球定位系统卫星测量
• 同步衛星 / 同步卫星 (tóngbù wèixīng)
• 國際傳播衛星公司 / 国际传播卫星公司
• 導航衛星 / 导航卫星
• 攜帶式衛星通信系統 / 携带式卫星通信系统
• 放衛星 / 放卫星 (fàng wèixīng)
• 氣象衛星 / 气象卫星 (qìxiàng wèixīng)
• 海事衛星 / 海事卫星
• 測量衛星 / 测量卫星
• 直播衛星 / 直播卫星
• 衛星國家 / 卫星国家 (wèixīng guójiā)
• 衛星定位測繪點 / 卫星定位测绘点
• 衛星導航 / 卫星导航
• 衛星日蝕 / 卫星日蚀
• 衛星框架 / 卫星框架 (wèixīng kuàngjià)
• 衛星轉播 / 卫星转播
• 衛星通信 / 卫星通信 (wèixīng tōngxìn)
• 衛星都市 / 卫星都市 (wèixīng dūshì)
• 衛星門診 / 卫星门诊
• 衛星雲圖 / 卫星云图
• 衛星電視 / 卫星电视 (wèixīng diànshì)
• 衛星食 / 卫星食
• 衛視 / 卫视 (wèishì)
• 通信衛星 / 通信卫星
• 通訊衛星 / 通讯卫星 (tōngxùn wèixīng)
• 電視通訊衛星 / 电视通讯卫星

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)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

See also

• 衛(えい)星(せい)都(と)市(し) (eisei toshi, “satellite city”)
• 人(じん)工(こう)衛(えい)星(せい) (jinkō eisei, “artificial satellite”)
• 気(き)象(しょう)衛(えい)星(せい) (kishō eisei, “weather satellite”)

References

• 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)

1. hanja form^? of 위성 (“satellite”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衛	星

Noun

衛星

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