# 冥王星
## Chinese

* 冥王星 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 冥王星 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Míngwángxīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^4$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$ / ming$^5$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mèn-vòng-sên
* Eastern Min (BUC): Mìng-uòng-sĭng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ / Bêng-ông-chheⁿ / Mî-ông-chhiⁿ / Mê-ông-chheⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$min-waon-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Míngwángxīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Míngwángsing
*** Wade–Giles: Ming$^2$-wang$^2$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: Míng-wáng-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingwangshing
*** Palladius: Минвансин (Minvansin)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^4$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$ / ming$^5$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: mìhng wòhng sīng / míhng wòhng sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^4$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$ / ming$^5$ wong$^4$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^4$ wong$^4$ xing$^1$ / ming$^5$ wong$^4$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /mɪŋ¹³ wɔːŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mèn-vòng-sên
*** Hakka Romanization System: men$^ˇ$ vong$^ˇ$ sen$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: men$^2$ vong$^2$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /men¹¹ voŋ¹¹ sen²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Mìng-uòng-sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(s-)}$niŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Bîng-ông-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: beng'ongchvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-ông-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Bîng-ông-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: beng'ongzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mî-ông-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Mî-ông-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mi'ongchvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Mê-ông-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Mê-ông-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: me'ongzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$min-waon-shin
*** MiniDict: min$^去$ waon shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$min-hhuaan-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

### Proper noun

冥王星
* (astronomy) Pluto (The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet)

#### Derived terms

* 冥王星人 (míngwángxīngrén)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 冥 | 王 | 星 |
| めい Grade: S | おう Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi |||

### Etymology

From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]

### Proper noun

冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) • (Meiōsei)
* Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
** 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 32(サーティツー)　無(む)限(げん)６(シックス)　３(さん)戦(せん)士(し) [Act 32: Infinity 6: 3 Warriors]”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:
    ——そして　冥(めい)界(かい)の星(ほし)冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい)を守(しゅ)護(ご)にもつセーラープルート
       ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto
       —And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

### See also

* (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の準(じゅん)惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); 2007 OR10 (2007 OR10), エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), ヴァルナ (Varuna, “Varuna”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), サラキア (Sarakia, “Salacia”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) (Meiōsei, “Pluto”)
* プルートー (Purūtō)
* 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei)
* 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei)

### References

* 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 :
| 冥 | 王 | 星 |

### Proper noun

冥王星 • (Myeong-wangseong or McCune-Reischauer: Myŏngwangsŏng or Yale: Myeng.wangseng) (hangeul 명왕성)
* hanja form of 명왕성 (“Pluto”)