北斗

Chinese

		north	ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars
trad. (北斗)		北	斗
simp. ^#(北斗)		北	斗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běidǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ dau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-téu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Pak-táu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běidǒu [Phonetic: béidǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běidǒu
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-tou³
  - Yale: Běi-dǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeidoou
  - Palladius: Бэйдоу (Bɛjdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ dau²
  - Yale: bāk dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ dau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ deo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-téu
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed` deu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ deu³
  - Sinological IPA: /pet̚² teu̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-táu
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakdao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ tau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ tau⁴¹/

Proper noun

北斗

Big Dipper
(～市) Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
(～鎮) Beidou (an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

Derived terms

北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)
北斗星 (Běidǒuxīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (北斗):

→ Japanese: 北斗(ほくと) (hokuto)
→ Korean: 북두(北斗) (bukdu)
→ Vietnamese: Bắc Đẩu (北斗)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	斗
ほく Grade: 2	と Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほくと [hóꜜkùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ho̞kɯ̟̊ᵝto̞]

Proper noun

北(ほく)斗(と) • (Hokuto)

Big Dipper
Synonym: 北斗七星 (Hokuto Shichisei)
a unisex given name
Hokuto (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan).

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
北	斗

Proper noun

北斗 • (Bukdu) (hangeul 북두)

Hanja form^? of 북두 (“Big Dipper”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
北	斗

Proper noun

北斗

chữ Hán form of Bắc Đẩu (“Big Dipper”).

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