# 水星
## Chinese

* 水星 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 水星 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shuǐxīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ sing$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Súi-sên
* Eastern Min (BUC): Cūi-sĭng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chúi-chhiⁿ / Chúi-chheⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sy-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐxīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěising
*** Wade–Giles: Shui$^3$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: Shwěi-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeishing
*** Palladius: Шуйсин (Šujsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: séui sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Súi-sên
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui$^ˋ$ sen$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^3$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ sen²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: Cūi-sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$liŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tsuí-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuychvy
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chúi-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tsuí-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-shin
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ɕin⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sywijX seng
Rime :
| Character | 水 | 星 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV |
| Fanqie | 式軌切 | 桑經切 |
| Baxter | sywijX | seng |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕˠiuɪ$^X$/ | /seŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕʷᵚi$^X$/ | /seŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiuɪ$^X$/ | /sɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕjwi$^X$/ | /sɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕjui$^X$/ | /seŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /sieŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /sieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuǐ | xīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^2$ | sing$^1$ |

### Proper noun

水星
* Mercury (planet)

#### Synonyms

* (historical astronomy) 辰星 (Chénxīng)

#### Derived terms

* 水星人 (shuǐxīngrén)
* 水星臺 / 水星台 (Shuǐxīngtái)

#### Descendants

* → Old Uyghur: 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (swβ ywltwz /⁠Suv yultuz⁠/) (calque)

#### See also

* planets of the Solar System: 太陽系的行星, 太阳系的行星: 水星 (Shuǐxīng) · 金星 (Jīnxīng) · 地球 (Dìqiú) · 火星 (Huǒxīng) · 木星 (Mùxīng) · 土星 (Tǔxīng) · 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng) · 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 星 |
| すい Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Chinese 水星 (Shuǐxīng, in reference to Wu Xing, literally “water star”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sɨise̞ː]

### Proper noun

水(すい)星(せい) • (Suisei)
* Mercury (planet)

#### Synonyms

* マーキュリー (Mākyurī)
* (archaic) 辰(しん)星(せい) (Shinsei)
* (archaic) 水(すい)曜(よう) (Suiyō)

#### Derived terms

* 水(すい)星(せい)丘(きゅう) (Suiseikyū, “mount of Mercury”)
* 水(すい)星(せい)人(じん) (Suiseijin, “a Mercurian”)

### See also

* planets of the Solar System: 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei): 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei) · 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei) · 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū) · 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei) · 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei) · 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei) · 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei) · 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei)
* メルクリウス (Merukuriusu)
* 水(すい)銀(ぎん) (suigin, “mercury”)

### 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ 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 :
| 水 | 星 |

### Proper noun

水星 • (Suseong or McCune-Reischauer: Susŏng or Yale: Swuseng) (hangeul 수성)
* hanja form of 수성 (“Mercury”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 水 | 星 |

### Proper noun

水星
* chữ Hán form of Thuỷ tinh (“Mercury”).