# 衛星
## Chinese

* 衛星 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Ôi-sĭng (Eastern Min)

### Etymology

“Satellite” in the grammar sense is a semantic loan from English satellite.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèixīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai$^6$ sing$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vi$^5$ lhen$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi-sên
* Eastern Min (BUC): ôi-sĭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-chhiⁿ / ōe-chheⁿ / ūi-chhiⁿ / ūi-chheⁿ / ōe-seng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uê$^6$ cên$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèixīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèising
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: wèi-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshing
*** Palladius: вэйсин (vɛjsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèixīngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèisingr
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-hsing$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: wèi-syīngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshiengl
*** Palladius: вэйсинр (vɛjsinr)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: waih sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$彗星 衛星 / 卫星
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vi$^5$ lhen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /vi³² ɬen³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi-sên
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi sen$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^4$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ôi-sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /ui²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(s-)}$liŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uē-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oexchvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uē-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oexzhvef
*** IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uī-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uixchvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uī-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uixzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-seng
*** Tâi-lô: uē-sing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oexsefng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /ue³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uê$^6$ cên$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uĕ tsheⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /ue³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we-shin
*** MiniDict: we$^去$ shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² ɕin⁴⁴/

### Noun

衛星
* (astronomy) satellite; moon (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 c mn)
* man-made satellite (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c)
    衛星圖像／卫星图像 ― wèixīng túxiàng ― satellite image
    衛星導航系統／卫星导航系统 ― wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng ― satellite navigation system
* (by extension, chiefly Mainland China) hyperbolic, often extremely unrealistic claims or goals
    放衛星／放卫星 ― fàng wèixīng ― to make an unrealistic statement
* (grammar) satellite

#### Derived terms

* 人造衛星 / 人造卫星 (rénzào wèixīng)
* 低軌道衛星 / 低轨道卫星
* 偵察衛星 / 侦察卫星
* 傳播衛星 / 传播卫星
* 全球定位系統衛星測量 / 全球定位系统卫星测量
* 同步衛星 / 同步卫星 (tóngbù wèixīng)
* 國際傳播衛星公司 / 国际传播卫星公司
* 導航衛星 / 导航卫星
* 攜帶式衛星通信系統 / 携带式卫星通信系统
* 放衛星 / 放卫星 (fàng wèixīng)
* 氣象衛星 / 气象卫星 (qìxiàng wèixīng)
* 海事衛星 / 海事卫星
* 測量衛星 / 测量卫星
* 直播衛星 / 直播卫星
* 衛星國家 / 卫星国家 (wèixīng guójiā)
* 衛星定位測繪點 / 卫星定位测绘点
* 衛星導航 / 卫星导航
* 衛星日蝕 / 卫星日蚀
* 衛星框架 / 卫星框架 (wèixīng kuàngjià)
* 衛星轉播 / 卫星转播
* 衛星通信 / 卫星通信 (wèixīng tōngxìn)
* 衛星都市 / 卫星都市 (wèixīng dūshì)
* 衛星門診 / 卫星门诊
* 衛星雲圖 / 卫星云图
* 衛星電視 / 卫星电视 (wèixīng diànshì)
* 衛星食 / 卫星食
* 衛視 / 卫视 (wèishì)
* 通信衛星 / 通信卫星
* 通訊衛星 / 通讯卫星 (tōngxùn wèixīng)
* 電視通訊衛星 / 电视通讯卫星

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 衛星(えいせい) (eisei)
* → Korean: 위성(衛星) (wiseong)
* → Vietnamese: vệ tinh (衛星)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 衛 | 星 |
| えい Grade: 5 | せい Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 衞星 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

衛 (ei, “to guard”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “celestial body”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) えーせー [èéséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [e̞ːse̞ː]

### Noun

衛(えい)星(せい) • (eisei)
* (astronomy) a satellite (a body orbiting a larger one; man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)

### See also

* 衛(えい)星(せい)都(と)市(し) (eisei toshi, “satellite city”)
* 人(じん)工(こう)衛(えい)星(せい) (jinkō eisei, “artificial satellite”)
* 気(き)象(しょう)衛(えい)星(せい) (kishō eisei, “weather satellite”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 衛 | 星 |

### Noun

衛星 • (wiseong) (hangeul 위성)
* hanja form of 위성 (“satellite”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 衛 | 星 |

### Noun

衛星
* chữ Hán form of vệ tinh (“satellite”).