滿天星

Chinese

		the whole sky; everywhere	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (滿天星)		滿天	星
simp. (满天星)		满天	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎntiānxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁵ tin¹ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boán-thian-seng / móa-thiⁿ-chhiⁿ / móa-thiⁿ-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎntiānxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎntiansing
  - Wade–Giles: man³-tʻien¹-hsing¹
  - Yale: mǎn-tyān-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maantianshing
  - Palladius: маньтяньсин (manʹtjanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mun⁵ tin¹ sing¹
  - Yale: múhn tīn sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁵ tin¹ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mun⁵ tin¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-thian-seng
  - Tâi-lô: buán-thian-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boafntiensefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiɛn³³ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: móa-thiⁿ-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: muá-thinn-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaftvichvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /muã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰĩ³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: móa-thiⁿ-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: muá-thinn-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moaftvizhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

滿天星

baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滿天星):

→ Japanese: 満天星(まんてんせい) (mantensei)

Proper noun

滿天星

(～村) Mantianxing (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)