水瓶座

Chinese

		water bottle	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
trad. (水瓶座)		水瓶	座
simp. ^#(水瓶座)		水瓶	座

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shuǐpíngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² ping⁴ zo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐpíngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěipíngzuò
  - Wade–Giles: Shui³-pʻing²-tso⁴
  - Yale: Shwěi-píng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeipyngtzuoh
  - Palladius: Шуйпинцзо (Šujpinczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² ping⁴ zo⁶
  - Yale: séui pìhng joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² ping⁴ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ping⁴ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹ t͡sɔː²²/

Proper noun

水瓶座

(astronomy) Aquarius

Synonyms

寶瓶座／宝瓶座 (Bǎopíngzuò)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
水	瓶	座
みず Grade: 1	かめ > がめ Grade: S	ざ Grade: 6
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Alternative spellings
水甁座 (kyūjitai) みずがめ座

Compound of 水瓶 (mizugame, “water jug”) +‎ 座 (-za, “constellation”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みずがめざ [mìzúgámézá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲizɨɡa̠me̞za̠]

Proper noun

水(みず)瓶(がめ)座(ざ) • (Mizugame-za) ^{←みづがめざ (Midugameza)^?}

(astronomy) Aquarius

See also

宝瓶(ほうへい)宮(きゅう) (Hōhei-kyū)

References

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