文曲星

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (文曲星)		文	曲	星

文曲星 (3)。

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénqǔxīng, wénqūxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ kuk¹ sing¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ven-chiuq-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénqǔxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúncyǔsing
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻü³-hsing¹
    • Yale: wén-chyǔ-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wencheushing
    • Palladius: вэньцюйсин (vɛnʹcjujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénqǔxīngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúncyǔsingr
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻü³-hsing¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: wén-chyǔ-syīngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wencheushiengl
    • Palladius: вэньцюйсинр (vɛnʹcjujsinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénqūxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄩ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúncyusing
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-chʻü¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: wén-chyū-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenchiushing
    • Palladius: вэньцюйсин (vɛnʹcjujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ kuk¹ sing¹
    • Yale: màhn kūk sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ kuk⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ kug¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kʰʊk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ven-chiuq-shin
    • MiniDict: ven^去 chiuih shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ven-qyq-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vən²² t͡ɕʰyɪʔ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

Noun

文曲星

1. (Chinese mythology, astronomy) star, constellation or legendary god in charge of imperial examinations and literary affairs

   Coordinate term: 武曲星

2. (figurative, dated) renowned man of letters
3. handheld electronic dictionary, especially of the brand Golden Global View
4. (Wu, figurative) superbrain (a brain with strong memory)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文曲星):

• → Korean: 문곡성(文曲星) (mun'gokseong)

See also

• 文曲 (wénqǔ)