福星

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (福星)		福	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-chhiⁿ / hok-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúsing
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-hsing¹
  - Yale: fú-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushing
  - Palladius: фусин (fusin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ sing¹
  - Yale: fūk sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hok-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hokchvy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hok-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hokzhvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

福星

(literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 木星 (Mùxīng, “Jupiter, the Star of Wealth”).
(figurative) “lucky star”; person or thing that brings good luck, well-being or hope; mascot

Derived terms

一路福星
福星高照 (fúxīnggāozhào)

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