# 織女星
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Zhīnǚxīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$ neoi$^5$ sing$^1$ / zik$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$ sing$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chṳt-ńg-sên
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chit-lú-chhiⁿ / Chit-lír-chhiⁿ / Chit-lí-chheⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Zhīnǚxīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Jhihnyǔsing
*** Wade–Giles: Chih$^1$-nü$^3$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: Jr̄-nyǔ-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyneushing
*** Palladius: Чжинюйсин (Čžinjujsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$ neoi$^5$ sing$^1$ / zik$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: jīk néuih sīng / jīk néui sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$ noey$^5$ sing$^1$ / dzik$^7$ noey$^{5-2}$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$ nêu$^5$ xing$^1$ / jig$^1$ nêu$^{5-2}$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sɪk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chṳt-ńg-sên
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziid$^ˋ$ ng$^ˋ$ sen$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zid$^5$ ng$^3$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² ŋ̍³¹ sen²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lú-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tsit-lú-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: citlwchvy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lír-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tsit-lír-tshinn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lí-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tsit-lí-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: citlyzhvef
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

### Proper noun

織女星
* (astronomy) Vega

#### Synonyms

* 織女一／织女一 (Zhīnǚyī)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 織女星, 織女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 織女星 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 七娘媽星 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 織女, 七娘媽星 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 織女 |

#### Derived terms

* 織女星人／织女星人 (zhīnǚxīngrén)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 織(しょく)女(じょ)星(せい) (Shokujosei)
* → Korean: 직녀성(織女星) (Jingnyeoseong)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 織 | 女 | 星 |
| しょく Grade: 5 | じょ Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi |||
Kanji in this term :
| 織 | 女 | 星 |
| お(り) Grade: 5 | ひめ Grade: 1 | ほし > ぼし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | irregular | kun'yomi |

### Alternative forms

* 織姫星
* おりひめ星

### Etymology

From 織姫 (Orihime) +‎ 星 (-hoshi, “star”), or alternatively from 織女 (shokujo, “weaving woman”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “star”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 織女星／织女星 (Zhīnǚxīng).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おりひめぼし [òríhíméꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])
* IPA: [o̞ɾʲiçime̞bo̞ɕi]
* (Tokyo) しょくじょせー [shòkújóꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [ɕo̞kɯ̟ʑo̞se̞ː]

### Proper noun

織(おり)女(ひめ)星(ぼし) • (Orihimeboshi) (alternative reading hiragana しょくじょせい, rōmaji Shokujosei, historical hiragana しよくぢよせい)
* (astronomy) Synonym of ベガ (Bega, “Vega”)